Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,139, for George Long, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
Long, George Isabel
NUMBER
W.9.139
B.L.Wt. 26619-160-55
CONTENTS

44.841 { Act Mar 3 1858- { April 6 1858-
Isabel Long mrs
George Long mrs pensioner
Pension granted Oct-18 th 1858
Revolution War
Feb 53. 4615
W:160 acs May 16/56 B. J. [initials]
[Large initial R]
Carton & Kimman Youngerick pa
Carton & Kimman, Sept: 7/55 let: " Pa " 19."
Feb 53 - no 4615
Apr 14/59 let to C. U. Kimman, Youngerick Pa. will be granted in the interest of the original pensioner — 27 p
Vol 2. page

Wm. B. Reed, & Pen Apr April 29,
Rev B. Blount Ap l 4 1832 (for yrs rent) Carter Kinnear Ap l 25 1832
Pennsylvania 25.750
George Sing
of Warren Co. in the State of - Penn a who was a Priv in the Company commanded by Captain Reed of the Reg t commanded by Col Sing in the Penn a Militia -
1 Yr. Duate $ 40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 40 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Dec r and sent to -
1833 Rev John Gallbraith, Ht of Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mar 34, 20.00
$ 120.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. D. Spangler Clerk Book E Vol. 5 Page 35

No 4,615. — Pitt Pennsylvania.
Isabel Long, widow of Penn George Long, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 28 February 1853 11 th Mch. '54.
Certificate of Pension issued 18 th day of Oct, 1854, and sent to C. V. Hinner, Youngsville Glaren Co., Penn a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 107 Vol. A.
W. R. Miley
Rept.
Reg 3 m 55 no 44841

State of Pennsylvania County of Warren } ss:
On this 27 th day of March A D One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five personally Appreard before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and For the County and State aforesaid Isabel Long aged Seventy nine years, a resident of Pittsfield Township County of Warren In the State of Pennsylvania, who Being duly Sworn according to law, declares that She is the widow of George Long deceased, who was A private In the Revolutionary war.
She further States that She was married to the said George Long In Lycoming county State of Pennsylvania In the month of August A D 1792 by Robert Fleming A Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Isabel McCormick, that her said Husband died In Pittsfield Township Warren County Penn a on the 11 th day of March A D 1854. And that She is now a widow.
She further States that She now draws a pension of forty dollars per annum, on account of the services of her said Husband in said war, which was Granted on the 18 th day of October A D 1854, under the Second Section of the act of February 3 rd 1853, and that her Husband drew a pension of like amount on account of said services in his lifetime, and that the Certificate of which was returned to the Department at the time of her application, And that She also furnished to the department At the time of making application for said pension Evidence relative to the services of her said Husband, And of their marriage, and his death, which is now In possession of the department, and to which she would most respectfully refer the department, As Evidence In the present case or on application

She makes This declaration for the purpose of Obtaining the bounty land to which she may be Entitled under the "act approved March 3 d 1855."
Isabel her Long
We Apollus Knowles and John mark Long residents of the Township of Pittsfield Warren County, in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare and Say that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Isabel 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.
Apollus Knowles
John Long
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to And Subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have No interest in this claim.
Carter B. Kinnear J.P.
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, } WARREN COUNTY, ss. }
I, Rufus P. King, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Carter B. Kinnear Esquire, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly elected and qualified, and duly authorized to take acknowledg- ments, to administer oaths for general purposes, and that the sig- nature subscribed thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Warren this Thirty first day of March A. D. 1855
Rufus P. King Prothonotary.

State of Pennsylvania } Warren County }
On this 11 th day of May A D 1854 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Warren, Penn a Isabel Long a resident of Pittsfield Township in the County of Warren, aged Seventy Eight years & upwards Who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration, In order To obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed the 29 th of July (1848) Eighteen Hundred and forty Eight, That she was the lawful Wife of George Long, late of Pittsfield Township Warren County, who was a private in the Revolutionary War And acted in the capacity of teamster, at least part of The time, That she has time and again heard her Husband Relate the trials and hardships that he endured, during His service, That she does not now recollect the different Actions in which he took a part nor how he entered the Army, but is rather of opinion that he was drafted, For the Evidence on this point and the time and place And time of leaving the army, she would most respectfully Refer the department to the Evidence presented by her Late Husband George Long to said department in the Year A D 1833 upon which a pension was granted to Her said Husband George Long of forty dollars per Annum, which was granted to him under the act of 7 th June 1832 by Certificate Issued 30 th December 1833 And she solemnly swears that she is now the widow of said George Long, that she was married to him In the year 1792 (and to the best of her recollection) In the month of August of that year by Robert = Fleming Esquire, in Lycoming County Pennsylvania That she is of opinion that one or two persons are still living Who was present at her marriage

And That her Said Husband George Long is now Dead, That he departed this life on the 11 th day of March A D 1854, at his old residence in the Township of Pittsfield Warren Co. Pa where he had Resided for about fifty years, That she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but The marriage took place previous to the second day of January Eighteen Hundred vi at the time And place above stated, She further Swears That She is now a widow, and That she has never before Made any application for a pension Sworn to and subscribed on the 23 rd day and year above written Before me Carter B Kinnear J.P. Isabel X Long Mark
I Carter B Kinnear a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Warren Pa. do certify That Isabel Long, widow of George Long deceased of Pittsfield Township, who made the foregoing declaration, cannot from bodily infirmity attend The Court Carter B Kinnear J.P.
J. H. Shaddock being sworn according to law says that He was acquainted with George Long of Pittsfield Township and husband of Isabel Long who has made the foregoing Declaration, That he knew him some five years or more and is positive that he is now dead, That he departed this life within a few months past has no doubt But what his death occurred on the 11 th of March last Sworn and subscribed before me J. H. Shaddock the 23 day of May A D 1854 Carter B Kinnear J.P.

Personally appeared Cookson Long aged Sixty two years Who being sworn according to law says That George Long "Husband of Isabel Long, who has made the foregoing declaration" is now dead to his certain knowledge , That he was present at the time, That he departed this life on the night of the Eleventh of March last at his old residence in Pittsfield township Pa Sworn and subscribed before me This 29 th day of May A.D. 1854. Oliver D. Skinner S.P.
Cookson Long
State of Pennsylvania Warren County ss.
I Rufus King Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that Carter B. Skinner my before whom the foregoing proceedings were held was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in said County duly elected & qualified and duly authorized to take acknowledgments and to administer oaths for general purposes and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine Witness my hand and Seal of said Court at Warren the 31 st day of May A.D. 1854. Rufus P. King Notary Public

Geo. Longs Application for Pension p a
from Hon. Mr. Galt Sec. 23 H.R.

State of Pennsylvania
Warren County } In this third day of Sept r in the year of our Lord one thousand eight & thirty then personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County of Warren before the judges of the same Court now sitting at Warren George Long a resident of the Township of Brubacktown located in said County aged about seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law both on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th , 1832 - That he entered the service under the following named officers & served as herein stated -
In the Spring of 1777 I volunteered as a private under my father Col. Cookson Long. William Reed was our Lieutenant. I then lived about three miles above "Big Island" on the west branch of the Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania -
We were taken to Forts Hill, situated on said River near the Big Island to defend against the Indians & remained in & near the fort till the next Spring (1778) we had several skirmishes with the Indians while we were at the fort in which many of our men were killed & wounded. in one of these skirmishes James Callender & John Callender (the father & son) & Sam Long were killed & I escaped to bury them - In the Spring of 1778 we were driven from the fort by the Indians who had almost constantly harassed us while there, & at or about the time we left the fort

came on with increased numbers, Took + destroyed our cattle & horses & laid waste the country about the fort - I was in actual service at this time at least one year after we were driven from the fort. My father started with his family for Virginia. He went to within eight miles of Winchester, where he rented a farm - In the spring of 1781. I was sent by my father with a team of four horses to Alexandria in Virginia for a load of grain. I got my load & started back. When I had got fourteen miles on my way a party of guards under the direction of Genl  Lafayette La Fayette took me & my team. They threw out my load & took me back to Alexandria. My wagon & team was appraised, & then loaded with am- munition & was taken to a place called "Bottom Bridges" 14 miles below Richmond, I then joined the main army. I was then detached to haul baggage for Col. Barbour's regiment & was kept with my wagon & team in the service of General until the surrender of Cornwallis the 19 th Oct r 1781. I was at the siege at Yorktown in the capacity of teamster & was discharged soon after & returned home. I served at this time not less than six months & I think more - I rec d some continental money for my pay which was of little value. I was born on ono. logwennel  logwennel 7 miles from Shippensburg Cumberland County Pennsylvania - when I was a small boy my father moved to Mary Town on the west branch of the Susquehanna River & lived there until we were driven away by the

indians as to add above. He then moved to Virginia, as above stated & lived there till after the Revolutionary war. My father died at the Falling Springs on Potomac River. Myself, with the rest of the family  my brother then removed back on to the Susquehanna & lived there till the year 1798 when I removed to this (Warren) County where I have resided ever since.
I hereby acknowledge my claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state & have never made an application for a pension till the present. I have no documentary evidence to prove my services - James Dunn of Westfield Chautauqua County N.Y. was a soldier with me in the Indian War & has testified to my services.
Daniel Horn one of the Commissioners of Warren County & Stephen Littlefield late Sheriff of said County & now foreman of the Grand Jury can testify to my character for truth & veracity. I had a discharge but lost it in Virginia, - Had no discharge on my years service - Had no record of his age -
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Sep 3 1833 Henry Skippen
George Long
Pennsylvania
Warren County } Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County Daniel Horn one of the Commissioners of said County, also Stephen Littlefield late Sheriff of said County & now acting

as foreman of the Grand Jury who being solemnly duly sworn both upon & say first Daniel Horn saith he has been well acquainted with George Long the above named applicant for a Pension for upwards of twenty eight years last past & has lived in the neighbourhood of said George during that time & that he considers him a man of truth & veracity & is so reported among his neighbours generally. That he is reported & believed to be a soldier of the revolution before court is in this aspect. The said Stephen Littlefield saith he has been ac- -quainted with the said George Long upwards of fourteen years & that he considers him a man of truth & veracity & believes he is so considered by his neighbours generally. That he lives three miles from said George & never heard it disputed or questioned but what he had served in the Revolutionary war. That he is so reported in the neighbourhood where he lives & that in this aspect believes him to be  have been a soldier of the revolutionary war —  Sworn & Subscribed in open Court before me Sept. 3. 1833. M c H. Hodges Pro.  Daniel Horn S. Littlefield
I John McRae a clergyman residing in the Borough of Warren Pennsylvania do hereby certify that I am acquainted with George Long who has subscribed & sworn to the above deputation that I believe him to be seventy years old & upwards that he is reported & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion  Sworn & Subscribed in open Court before me Sept. 4. 1833 M c H. Hodges Pro.  John McRae

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss.
James Dunn being duly sworn says, that he is acquainted with George Long, who resides in Broken Straw Township in Warren County in the State of Pennsylvania, that in seventeen hundred and seventy six and for several years before, this deponent was acquainted with said George Long who then resided at a place called Muncy Town about three miles above Big Island on the West Branch of the Susquehanna river. This deponent then lived at Big Island, and remembers distinctly that said George Long served in the Revolutionary War with this deponent under Colonel Broken Straw his father, at and about Big Island aforesaid for one year at least. Deponent cannot tell the precise time but thinks that he served during the whole time that deponent did, which was not less than a year - Their services were rendered between March 1777 and June 1778 as near as this deponent can remember, We were then drove away by the Indians, and this deponent separated from the said George, and knows nothing of his services after that except from hearsay long afterwards; but deponent has heard and believes that said George was at the taking of Cornwallis. This deponent further says that the said George is about twenty years of age, that they were boys together, and this deponent recollects that said George was about a year & a half younger than this deponent.
James Dunn
The deponent James Dunn who is to me personally known to be a man of credibility and good character was sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit before me this 19 th day of August 1833 -
Abner D. Dike

State of New York
Chautauqua County
Clerk's Office ss. I James H. Dorr, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Abram Dison Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was sworn, was at the time the same purports to have been sworn, a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Chautauqua And that his name subscribed to the same is genuine. Witness my hand and seal, of office this 19 th day of August 1833.
James H. Dorr Clerk

And now September 5 th 1833 The said Court declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and on the ponderous testimony of James Dunn in addition to the other depositions hereto annexed, and after putting the interrogatories required by the War Department that the above named applicant George Long was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that Daniel Horn and Stephen Littlefield whose deposition is above written have been former High Sheriffs of this County & State reside therein, that they are personally known to this Court as citizens of truth & veracity on whose tes- timony as full reliance can be placed as on any other that could be sworn; that they are worthy to be received as such by the officers of the States Government - And that it is appears to the Court that John Whinn whose deposition is above is a clergy- man who has resided in this County about 20 years -
Certified Sept 5 th 1833
Henry Shippen President of Court

Pennsylvania Warren County } ss.
I Walter M. Hodges, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Long for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Warren, this fifteenth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three,
Walter M. Hodges, Prothon.

December 17, 1925
Mrs. Jennie E. More-Hazard Youngsville, Penna.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9139 it appears that George Long was born about 1763 in Conedogwinit, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
While living in Muncytown, Pennsylvania he enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served one year as a private under his father Colonel Cookson Long in Fort Kelly on the West Branch of the Susquehanna and was in several skirmishes with Indians.
He and his father moved to Virginia near Winchester, and in the spring of 1781 he was drafted as teamster for Colonel Barbour's Virginia Regiment, was at the Siege of Yorktown and discharged soon after the surrender of Cornwallis.
His father died at the "falling springs" of the Potomac prior to 1788.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

September 3, 1833 while living in Brokenstraw Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania. He died in Pittsfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania March 11, 1854.
Soldier married in August 1792 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Isabel McCormick. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1854 while a resident of said Pittsfield Township aged seventy-eight years. She died in the fall of 1858.
They raised a large family of children, names not stated.
This Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Cookeon Long.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

George Long Penn a
Adm. 1. year $40
Hon John Galbraith Ho of Rep s

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. 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.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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 his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his.

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. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] 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.

G. Long
Payments to be made at Philadelphia, Pa. by Doct r A. S. Baul d Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pa.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 5 Page 35 by John S. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, George Song of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Soldier during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Forty dollars and 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.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 30 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
L. D. Chap Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Apr 28
Noah Chapell V. 1878, My.
Geo Long. P. 1832 30 Dec '33
1815 Jefe Patnam " " 21 Mar '34
James A. Eastman Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr
City of Washington
Look Sharp Chapell's Creek March 21

Philad a April 28. 1837.
Sir,
I enclose the documents of George Long, Noah Cheppell and Isaac Putnam three revolutionary pensioners which have been forwarded to me. On applying at the Girard Bank I find it will be necessary in the case of Cheppell to have a transfer made to this Agency, and in the cases of Long and Putnam to have an order to pay, there being more than six months pension due. Will you have the goodness to have the necessary orders made and the enclosed powers of Attorney returned to me?
Resp y yr.
William B. Reed.
Gen. S. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions.

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Mrs Isabel Spong widow of George Warren County and State of Pennsylvania act of February 3. 1853
CLAIM, ("original," or "for increase.") Allowed $40 per annum to Commence March 11. 1854
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.) Documentary & parol.
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832, at $40 per annum (paid to 4th March 1854) & died 11th of March 1854
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by five credible witnesses
Death of husband proved by five credible witnesses
Identity & Widowhood clearly shown
Papers properly attested
Name and residence of Agent
C. V. Kinnear Esq. Youngville Warren Co. Pa.
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray

1888
L. P. Waldo Esq. 60 mi. from Portland Washington 26

Pension Office, April 4, 1854.
Sir;
I enclose some forms for Declarations, one of which may be used by the widow of George Long, of Pa.
I enclose the letter of Mr. Kimmer.
Very Respectfully,
L. M. Waldo
Commissioner.
Hon. C. B. Curtis } Ho. of Reps. }

Youngville Wayne Co Pa April 15, 1854
S. J. Waldo Esq
Dear Sir,
I am just now In receipt of some Blank forms for Declarations - In the case of the widow of George Long, which you have favoured me with through Hon C. B. Curtis
Mrs Long is an aged and infirm Lady, and her attendance at Court could not consistently be had, and the Judges of our County Court reside Considerable distance from her - I therefore desire to know whither you could consistently allow the printed rules in this case to be departed from so as to allow her to make her declaration before a Justice of the Peace - (and more Particularly to know if it will answer To prove that she and her Husband has lived together as man and wife for more than fifty years in this County - And raised a large family - on

The reason of this last request is Simply this - She was married In the Eastern part of this State about the year 1792 and soon after moved to this County where She has resided ever since - There is no family record of her marriage that She knows of. and no person In this County and perhaps none where She was married that could testify to her marriage and whether there is any record in existence at this time to show her marriage is uncertain and to send a messenger into the County where She was married to look up such record would be attended with much expense for Her as She is in low circumstances Her tofore subsisting mainly by the Pension of her husband
Very Respectfully yours
Capt. S. Winman

Pension Office April 25 th 1834,
Sir,
As the widow of George Long, of Pa: is too infirm to appear before a Court of record, her declaration can be taken before a Justice of the Peace, the Justice to certify her inability to appear before a Court. The date of her marriage must be established by the best attainable evidence.
I am Yours,
Respectfully
Edward Comm'rs
Carter V. Newman, Esq., Youngville, Pa:

State of Pennsylvania Clinton County. ss.
Personally appeared before me The Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Clinton, Samuel Graham aged Eighty one Years, Who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was present at the time when George Long and Isabella McCormick were joined together in marriage, that they were lawfully married by Robert Fleming Esquire A Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lycoming, and in the County of Lycoming now Clinton County Pa. about the year 1792. that He has lately examined the old docket of said Fleming but cannot find any record of their marriage, that some time after their marriage they moved from Lycoming, to Warren County where they continued to reside until the death of George Long as said deponent vividly believes Sworn & Subscribed before Me the 25 day of July August 1854
Michael Leighe JP
Samuel Graham

Clinton County ss.
I Thomas M c Ghee, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Michael Daigley Esquire, before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken was at the time thereof, was one of the Justices of the Peace acting in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, to whose Official acts, full faith and credit is and according to our laws and constitution ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Lock Haven in said County this 26 th day of August A.D. 1854.
Thos M c Ghee Protho.
for Thomas M c Ghee
150

Youngville Warren Co Pa September 4 th 1857 L. S. Waldo Esq
Dear Sir
Through our member of Congress, Hon C. B. Curtis, you had the kindness to furnish me with forms for declarations for which you will please accept my thanks
I have been a long time collecting the necessary proof in the case of the widow Long, but I trust that I have herewith submitted all that will be required after referring to the old papers now on file in your office upon which her husband was pensioned
I also enclose the Pension Certificate of her husband George Long
The old lady is quite feeble and is very anxious about this matter. Will you be kind enough to give it your attention as soon as conveniently you can
I am Dear Sir
Very Respectfully yours
Carter O. Kimball

Youngsville Warren Co Pa September 14 1854
L. S. Waldo Esq
Dear Sir
Yours of the 9 th Inst acknowledging the receipt of Mrs Long application for a pension is before me I was aware that the Rules required the applicant to appear in court if able to do so - and if not able to attend court to make her affidavit before one of the judges of the court
In the case of Mrs Long I wrote you last spring informing you of the circumstances of her case - viz her disability to attend court the distance she resided from the judges of our county court - and of her low circumstances in life suggesting to you the propriety of permitting her to make her declaration before a justice of the peace In answer to which I beg leave to refer you to your answer to letter of 25 th April 1854 which I here inclose - granting permission to take

The same before a Justice of the Peace It has taken a long time to collect The evidence already forwarded in this case In consequence of the low circumstances in Life of Mrs Long and her family connections What I have done in the matter is from Charity alone I have been an acting Justice of the Peace for some 18 years & George Long in his lifetime always called upon me to make out his pension papers time annually, hence you see why the Widow preferred me to draw her papers
As for my own Reputation I would refer you to C. B. Curtis our Member of Congress - Hon James Thompson of Erie late Member Hon. N. B. Eldred of Philadelphia who was President Judge In this district some years since and who Holds office now under the present Administration - Geo Bright of Pa Joseph Bailey our State Treasurer Banks The Auditor Gen and many others that I might mention
Will you be good enough now To inform me whether that declaration Will answer taken as it was under

Under all the circumstances of the case or must she commence a new and again go over the whole process
If you allow the one In your position to answer, it may Be in her power to obtain the additional proof required without much trouble Please advise me
I am Dear Sir
Very Respectfully Your Obedient
Walter B. Skinner

State of Pennsylvania } County of Warren } ss.
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace In and for the County of Warren Duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, personally appeared Henry White Aged 61 years, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he has been a President of Warren County Pennsylvania for fifty- two years & upwards, that he was acquainted with George Long and Isabel his wife and knew them to live together as husband and wife in said county for at least fifty one years, and that they were so reputed to be husband and wife, and that they raised a large family of children, and that the said George Long "he being a Revolutionary pensioner" departed this life some time last spring, leaving a widow to survive him, and that the said Isabel Long of Pittsfield Township Warren County Pa who has made application for a pension on account of the services of her said husband in the war of the Revolution (as said deponent has been informed) is the widow of the identical George Long, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of Warren County Pennsylvania Sworn and subscribed before me the 28 th day of September 1854 } Carter, D. Skinner J.P. } Henry White

Personally appeared before me Hon Mr Siggins Who being duly sworn according to law, doth Depose and say that Isabel Long of Pittsfield Township Warren County Pa. is the widow of the Identical George Long who was a revolutionary pensioner of Warren County Pa. that he knew them to live together as husband and wife for more than forty years, and had the reputation of being lawfully joined together in marriage that the said George Long departed this life some time last spring Sworn and subscribed before me The 4 th day of October A D 1854 W m Siggins Walter B. Stinner J.P.
Personally appeared Obed Ford aged 68 years who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that He has been a resident of Warren Co Pa since the year 1807. that he was acquainted with George Long & Isabel Long during the lifetime of said George Long. that he knew them to live together as husband and wife for about forty eight years and up to the time of his death, which happened some time last spring and that Isabel Long of Pittsfield Township Warren Co Pa. is the widow of the Identical George Long who was a Revolutionary pensioner of Warren Co Pa - that they raised a very large family of children and always bore the reputation of being lawfully joined together in marriage Sworn and subscribed before me The 4 th day of October A D 1854 Obed his Ford mark Walter B. Stinner J.P.

I, Carter B. Kinnear before whom the foregoing Affidavits were made do certify that I have Been acquainted with all of said deponents for Many years, and that they are men of good moral Character, and credibility, and that their character For truth and veracity is above suspicion
(And I further certify that I was acquainted With the said George Long and his wife Babel Long and know them to live together as Husband and wife for more than Thirty years, and Personally know that Babel Long who has Made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension Is the reputed wife of George Long who was a revolutionary Pensioner of Warren County Pa
Younghill Warren Co Pa Oct 4, 1854
Carter B. Kinnear J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Warren County ss
Aufus P. King Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that Carter B. Kinnear Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected & qualified, and duly authorized to take acknowled- gements, to administer oaths for general purposes, and that the Signature subscribed thereto purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Warren this fifth day of October A.D. 1854
Aufus P. King
Prothonotary

Youngville Warren Co Pa
October 7 th 1854
L P Waldo Esq Dear Sir
I herewith send You some additional proof in the case of The Widow Long In her application for a Pension - I believe that it embraces All that is required in your letter of the 9 th of September last
I am Dear Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Walter C Kinnear

44841
Isabel Long and George Feb 53 - m 4815
Boynton
Conquistador Keno H. H. H.

Youngsville Warren Co Pa
J. Minot Esq
Dear Sir
Yours of the 7 th inst
Saying that the claim of Isabel Long for bounty land under the act of 3 March 1855 No 44,841, has been examined and suspended.
That the revolutionary service of George Long the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in your office
I am aware that the 3 d section of the act requires the service to be established by record evidence.
George Long has for many years before his death drawn a pension on account of his services in the revolutionary war, and after his death a pension was granted to his widow Isabel Long, the evidence filed in your office in both of these pension applications certainly became a matter of record before the passage of the act of 1855 and was therefore recorded evidence for her on file in your office at the time the act was passed under which she now claims her warrant.
This is my construction of the matter and certainly is a reasonable one.
Please reply
Yours &c
Carter H. Harrison

Sept: 8 th 1852.
Isabel Song,
Mil: of Geo:
Warren Co,
Pa:
Act/53
Rev
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business.
Carter V. Kincaid, Springville, Pennsylvania.

Youngville Warren Co Pa
April 6 1859
To the Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir
A land warrant for One Hundred and Sixty acres N o 26,619 was issued May 20 1856 to Isabel Long of Warren County Pa An assignment and acknowledgement was drawn Upon the Back of said Warrant but Mrs Long Died last fall before having the assignment fully Executed There being no room on said warrant for An assignment from the heirs, It is desired to have the Warrant sent back and cancelled and a new one Made out and I desire to know if a new one Will be made out in her name upon the return of this or would must it now be made to the heirs & if so what proof will be required
Yours very Respectfully
C. V. Kimmar

FREE
W. H. Stone Bradford J. S. Waldo Esq. Commisioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

George Long Da at 1832
FREE
L. C. Waldo Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

26.619
160 acres

No 5009
Isabel Song,
Nid: of
Gro: Alcoa. $40 per an to form March 11/54
Set: to C. V. Kinnear. Sept: 9/54
" " " " " 19 " Can Set in Old Rev: book of Aft: 25/54
Aft/53.

William of Union Washington D.C.
FREE

Geo. along Pa 32
J. Waldo Lyr Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

MS. B. 1. 6 v. 24 p. 57
Pension Office
Oct. 12/54
Sir: Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
R. J. Atkinson      Yours, &c &c 3 and                      S. Gale Present for Com d
George Long paid to 4 March 1854
Rel d J. Weston in
11. March 1854 Acc d actor

1924 May 23. Hist. to Mrs. Chas. M. Allen - M.W.A.F. 1925. (Dec 17) Hist. to Mrs. Jennie E. More-Hazard - M.W.A.F.
Per  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9139
Isabel Long Wid. George Long Print Rev. War
Act: Febry 3 d  1853.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 441
[Arrangement of 1870.]

no envelope with this
Youngsville, Pa..
Nov. 7, 1925
Veterans Bureau, Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Kindly send me an account of Military Record also National Number of Col. Cookson Long, and his son, Capt. George Long, who served in the American Revolution.
Col. Cookson Long was from Martinsburg, Virginia. His son, George, was born there.
George Long's Brother, John, also served. Can you give us any record of his service?
George Long was present at

the surrender of Cornwallis,
I am the Great - Great Grand Daughter of Cookson Long, and am wishing this record to enable me to fill out my papers for the D. A. R.
George Long enlisted under his own father at Big Island, West Branch of Susquehanna.
Thanking you in advance for your help, I am
Respectfully,
Mrs. Jennie Eleanor-More-Hazard.

Knoxville, Tenn.,
April 17, 1924
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am looking up the war records of two of my Revolutionary ancestors.
One is George Long, the other his father Col. Cookson Long. My mother's uncle, who is now about ninety five, says that George Long and his father, Col. Cookson Long were both in the

Revolutionary War and went off to war together. George Long, the son is buried in a family cemetery between Pittsfield and Garland Pennsylvania. The inscription on his tombstones reads as follows:-
George Long
A native of Virginia.
Revolutionary Soldier and was at the Battle of Cornwallis, Died at Pittsfield, PA.
March 11 th , 1854 in his 95 th year.
am told that Widow File
No. 25750 is his (George Long's) 5009 is his (George Long's) widow's application for pension.
Will you send me a copy of the pension petition and all data concerning it, what regiment George Long belonged to and any family data you have. George Long's widow was Isabelle M ce Cormack Long.
I have not been able to find out anything about George Long's father, Col. Cookson Long, the member of his regiment or any

facts concerning him. Col. Cookson Hong is said to have died at Falling Springs, on the Potomac. Can you tell me whether he was ever granted a pension, what regiment he served in, and any data concerning him. The Warren Co. History, Warren Co. Penn. says that Col. Cookson Hong was one of the honored officers of the Revolutionary War, but does not say whether he belonged to a Pennsylvania or a Virginia Regiment. I have an

idea that George long and his father Col Cookson long served in both a Pennsylvania and a Virginia Regiment at different times.
Any information you may be able to give me will be deeply appreciated. Most Sincerely,
Mrs. Charles M. Allen 1322 Folsom St., Knoxville, Tennessee,

May 23, 1924
Mrs. Charles M. Allen 1322 Folsom St., Knoxville, Tenn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9139 it appears that George Long was born about 1763 in Conedogwinit, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
While living in Muncytown, Pennsylvania he enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served one year as a private under his father Colonel Cookson Long in Fort Kelly on the West Branch of the Susquehanna and was in several skirmishes with Indians.
He and his father moved to Virginia near Winchester and in the spring of 1781 he was drafted as teamster for Colonel Barbour's Virginia Regiment, was at the Siege of York and discharged soon after the surrender of Cornwallis.
His father died at the "falling springs" of the Potomac prior to 1798.
He was allowed pension on his application execut-

ed September 3, 1833 while living in Brokenstraw Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, and he died in Pittsfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania March 11, 1854.
Soldier married in August 1792 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Isabel McCormick who was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1854 while a resident of said Pittsfield Township aged seventy-eight years. She died in the fall of 1858.
They raised a large family of children, names not stated.
This Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services Cookson Long.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.