Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7161, for Gasper Long, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6
Long, Gasper
S. 7161
Carded
CONTENTS

letter to 3 d Auditor 28 Nov 1820
paid at the Treasury under the act of the 4 th April 1838 for the period from 1835 to 4 March 1838 certified 11 Decr 1838.
to Pen Agt, 5 Oct 1846.
North Carolina 12
Gasper Long
of Orange in the State of N. Car. who was a pri: inf ty in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Taylor in the North Car line for 9 months.
12911
Inscribed on the Roll of North Car: at the rate of 35 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June '33 Hillsboro' N. C. and sent P. H. Mangum
Arrears to the 4 th of March '33 - 70 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 17.50 $87.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 47

Gasper Long
N. C.
No. 24110 -
Admiral
3 m. per left 10
6 - a bad. (21)
$ 35
m- not authenticated
P. H. Mangum
Hillsboro
N.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Apr 29 1833
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 Gasper Long
   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.     1780 sub. 2 { Pri. Early Col. Thos Taylor Maj. M c Cauley 79 years   1781 vol. 3 Pri. Col. Farmer   { May 1781 vol 3 Pri. Capt. Col O'Neal Traditionary  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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)                      , who has 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will 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 _____; and for such service I claim a pension."  It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each payment is agreed, 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 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. 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 place 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Hillsboro N.C. 13 th March 1833
re For Pension Office.
The Hon: J. Lewis Cass Secretary of War. Washington City D.C. March 13 1833 Mail. N.C. Gasper Davis 24110

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. —
State of North Carolina Orange County — ss
On this the 11 th day of March A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Superior Court of Law for the County & State aforesaid, now sitting, Gasper Long, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged sixty nine years in August 1832, 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 th 1832. —
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. —
In the year 1780, in the summer of that year as well as he remembers, the declarant entered the service in the Militia of North Carolina, as a substitute for William Gilbert (commonly called Long Billy) who had been drafted for three months. Declarant's Company, to which he was attached, was organized at Hillsboro, N.C. under Capt George Dodge. Major Crawford Lieutenant. — James Baldridge, Ensign; — Col Thomas Taylor & Major McFarlin were the Field Officers. It was proposed to the company that if they would furnish their own horses, bridles & saddles, that there should be a reduction of their term of service, by one month as well as he remembers. This the declarant did, as did the company. From Hillsboro, he was marched to Piedmont to the neighbourhood of the Battle ground of Yates' defeat, not long after that defeat; — from there down Lynch's Creek to Cheraw. Thence to head quarters on Piedmont to the south side of the River some distance, where declarant's company were fired on from a

Swamp by the Tories, & nine of our men were wounded. His Company removed the wounded to Head Quarters - thence he was marched to George Town, S.C. took some Tories & conveyed them to Head Quarters: & then he was marched home & discharged. having been in service His discharge a few days more than two months. In lock. The whole of this tour, his Company was engaged in pursuit of Tories - a good many of whom were taken by his Troop at different places & carried to Head Quarters on Peds. - - - In the same year, in before Christmas, the declarant volunteered for a term of three months service in the Militia of N.C. in the County of Orange, where he resided. His Company was organized on Col. O'Neal's plantation on the western side of Haw River in Orange County. At this place some Troops from Granville Co., N.C. assembled & some from Orange - con- stituting a number of something like two hundred men. Col. Farmer was the Field Officer. From here the Regiment was marched to Salisbury, N.C. The declar- ant was commanded by a Captain of one of the Co- panies from Granville Co. - whose name he does not recollect. After a stay of a fortnight at Salisbury, was marched to Battle's Ford on the Catawba - where his Captain, Elliott, came & took command for a cer- tain time, of declarant's Company. The Regiment to which declarant belonged, was stationed at Battle's Ford to prevent the British from crossing the River, un- der Lord Cornwallis. He was about a week at this place, when the enemy having crossed the River below - his Regiment retreated; and the declarant made his way from the Island at Battle's (his own Regiment on the north bank having squandered) & joined the Army, lately commanded by Genl. Greene who had just fallen, at Black Water or the vicinity. At this time, Genl. Greene was retreating towards Dan- ville, & Cornwallis in pursuit - and the declarant was in the rear of Cornwallis, under the command of

Capt Grimms (Capt Graham). Declarant followed in the war of Cornwallis as far as Guilford - when Cornwallis advanced to Hillsboro, & Capt Graham advanced to the neighbourhood of the High Rock where he fell in with Genl Greene & delivered to him some British prisoners, whom Capt Graham had taken in the March. From the High Rock, de- clarant under Capt Grimms, who was then subject to the Command of Col Washington - marched on foot by night from place to place so as to be in the neigh- bourhood of Col Washington's Troop of Horse. - The Enemy came on them at White Oak's Mill on the Ridge. Fork - When a skirmish took place, in which six of our men were killed. - From the place of this skirmish, declarant marched to the High Rock, & thence went home & was discharged by Capt Hodge - having served three months. He hath lost his discharge. - In May of the same year, viz 1781. The declarant volunteered for three months in the Militia of N.C. & joined the Horse Service, at Genl Butts on Haw River - in Orange County? under Capt Hodge & Col Oneal. The de- clarant furnished his own horse, bridle & saddle. He marched to Guilford City - then to Randolph. He marched down Deep River towards Fayetteville, in pursuit of Col Fanning & the Tories under his Command - but could not overtake the main body of the Tories. Declarant's Troop took some straggling Tories. - He continued in this service for three months, & his Troop of Horse returned home & declarant was discharged by Capt Hodge. His discharge is lost. - Declarant performed other service for a few days at a time, for which he makes no account. -

The declarant hath no documentary evidence of his service - no doth he know any person whom he can procure to testify to his services. -
He was born in the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1763 in the month of August - He hath no record of his age.
He was removed to Orange County in the state of North Carolina, when a small boy, & hath resided in Orange ever since. - He is known to Samuel D. Holt Esq? Doc. James H. Craig & Doct. Jas. D. Smith - who reside in Orange aforesaid. -
He hereby acknowledges every desire 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. He declares that there is not any clergyman, to whom he is known, who can attend to testify to his character. - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. -
Gaspar L. Long his Mark
We Samuel D. Holt & James H. Craig residents in the County of Orange, state of North Carolina, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gaspar Long, who hath subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 years old as he hath stated above; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; that we concur in that opinion and that he supports the character of a

man of truth & integrity; & that from our knowledge of his character, we should feel bound to believe him when on oath. — Aurora to December, the 2nd year ago.
Sam L. Holt James H. Craig
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter And after putting the interrogatories proposed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, as described in the tales. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Samuel L. Holt and James H. Craig who have signed the foregoing certificate, are residents of the county of Orange State of North Carolina, & are cred- ible persons - and that their statement is entitled to credit. —
W. S. Lee J. Abner B. Bruce Clerk of the Superior Court of Law for Orange County in the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gasper Long for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 11 th day of March AD 1833 A. B. BRUCE C S C

Hillsboro' N.C. March 12 th 1833.
Sir,
Inwith send the Declaration of Gaius Long, a Revolutionary soldier. which I hope will entitle him to a pen- sion. - Will you please apprise me of the result of your investigation of this claim.
Yrs respectfully J. H. Manning

Pension Office
Aug. 11th. 1846
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
Please cause the payment of the following pension. 1832 Gaspar Long 12 200 35 " Andrew Peabody 9 268 30 13
I am respectfully your obedt Servt P. M. Harkness J. H.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 5 th , 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Gasper Long, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Fayetteville, N.C. Agency, at the rate of thirty five Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of September 1835 to the 4 th March 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

7161.
Rev Kan
INVALID.
File No. 7161
Enser Lang Pr. Rev. Kan
Act: June 9th 32
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]