Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31813, for James Langly, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
166
Langly, James
S 31813
Rotu in Va
CONTENTS

Georgia 16.494
Letter to A. Porter & Order to pay 13 th July - 1841.
James Langly - Troop in the State of Ga - who was a Private in the Harrison commanded by Captain Harrison of the Regt - commanded by Col. Robinson in the War of rebellion time for 14 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of $6 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Aug t 33 and with C.P. issued LaGrange Ga -
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 93.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept - 23.33 $116.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Natl. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 96,

8023454 Lemo Langh Troop Georgia
Per Samuel asa pural 14 month, 44.66
d.e.v.m.
O.P. Tran  Alk L. Spence  Co Georgia

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
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 subjjoined 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 James Langly Troop Co-Georgia
   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.     For Shiloh mon 3 Private Col Armstrong 70 years Traditional evidence   at Fort McRee Col Garland South   at Fort Pulaski 1 3 5 mo Genl Washington Carolina   at Newbern 2 3 mo Lafayette   at Newbern 1 5 but died Major Walton   at Newbern 1 3 months Col Robinson   vol about 2 Genl Marion   3 Major Andrews   3 Col Sevin   2   11   2   11  
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) 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 confirming 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, deposes 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 "two 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 term, 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.
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.
John N. Hutton

An amendment to the declaration of James Langley to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June in the year Eighteen Hundred Thirty Two.
Georgia } Before the Honorable the Inferior Woolly Counties } Court of said Counties in open Court personally appeared James Langley who being duly sworn saith that his first tour of service was in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty and that he was discharged, on the ninth day of November in said year after a service of three months as a private, by Col Wm L Davidson who was his Colonel all of which appears by the discharge which is appended to his original application, and that by reason of old age and a consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of time he served in the other tours mentioned in his said original application but according to the best of his recollection served not less than the periods mentioned below and as a private in all of them viz in the second tour mentioned in said original application commenced about the first of the year Eighty one in Col Farlands Regiment, not less than three months, in the third tour commencing about -ding to the best of his recollection the last of March or the first of April in the year last mentioned, not less than two months, in the fourth which was performed under the command Col Robison commencing about the first of July in the year last mentioned not less than four months, and that in the last tour, performed under Col Sevier to the Cherokee Nation which was in the fall of Seven hundred & eighty two the amount served not less than two months, that in all he served not less than fourteen months and that it is for this service he claims a pension sworn to & subscribed in open court This 24 th day of June 1833. James Langley Oliver Porter Esq. C.S.

Certificate of the Oaths of the Inf r Court
Georgia
Toop County
We the undersigned Judges of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that the above and annexed affidavit of James Langley was duly made, sworn to & subscribed in open court before us & that the same is attested by Oliver P Hearn who is Clerk of said Court. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and caused the Seal of our said Court to be affixed this 24 th day of June 1833
Edm d S Harris J.S.C.
Joel D. Newson J.S.C.
Samson Bailey J.S.C.
Georgia Toop County I Oliver P Hearn Clerk of said Court do hereby certify Edmund S Harris Joel D Newson and Sam d A Bailey whose names appear to the above certificate are Justices of the Inferior Court of said County and that the above are their genuine signatures
Answers of James Langley an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 to the interrogatories required to be propounded by the Court agreeable to the directions of the War Department. Q 1
To the first interrogatory he answers, I was born in the town of Hampton in Elizabeth City County in the State of Virginia on the twenty third day of March in the year Eighteen  Seventeen Hundred & Sixty two.
To the Second that he answers, I have no record of my age but received my information from my father.
To the third he answers. I was living in Orange County North Carolina at the time I first engaged in the service. I have lived since the revolutionary war at the high hills of Santee, in South Carolina, in Augusta Georgia, in Eatonton Georgia and am now living

in Oconee County Georgia
To the 4 th Interrogatory he answers. I was a substitute in the first tour of duty for a man by the name of Sherman, I was a substitute in the second tour of duty mentioned in my said application for a man by the name of Charles Parish, I was a substitute in the third tour of duty specified as above but have entirely forgotten the name of the person for whom I served. In the fourth tour of duty specified in my declaration I was drafted as is there mentioned, in the fifth to the Cherokee Nation I was a volunteer. To the fifth he answers & says I have already in my original and amended application stated nearly all the particulars of my service as well as I can recollect them. I served under General Gates and General Butler whose names have not been mentioned, the others as far as I recollect them have all been mentioned.
To the sixth he answers I received discharges for all my tours of service as well as I recollect signed by my several commanding officers. I have now only one of them & that is annexed to my original application. Some years ago while living in Eatonton in a sorting my papers I threw them all away as useless, after some days Bobby Hudson Esq. picked up the one which is here enclosed and insisted upon my taking care of it, as it one day might be useful to me, the others were not found.
To the seventh he answers Besides the Revd Henry Perkins and Horatio S. Whitfield Esq. who have already signed the required certificate I am personally known to Genl. J. A. Bailey who is a Judge of the Inferior Court at present, but whose name does not appear on the certificate of my original application he will certify in my behalf together with Col. John W. Kindrick Major John E. Morgan and others who might

be mentioned. I am also personally acquainted with the Honble John Hooty the and the Honble Richard H. Wilde to whom I think I may take the liberty of referring the department although it has been some years since I have seen either of them.
Georgia
Troup County
In open court personally appeared James Langley an applicant for a pension who being duly sworn said that the answers which are above made to the interrogatories propounded to him by the Court are just and true according to the best of his recollection & belief.
James Langley
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the 24 day of June 1833
Chas. John Hays Clerk
Georgia Troup County
We the undersigned Judges of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James Langley came personally into court & answered the interrogatories required by the war department to be propounded by the Court to the applicant in such cases and that the above are his answers which were duly sworn to in open court and the affidavit by Oliver P. Hays Esq who is our Clerk. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands & caused the seal of our said Court to be affixed this 24 th June.
Edm. J. Harris J.C. Jas D. Kennard J.C. J. Armstrong Bailey J.C. for the said Court and that they have their hands & seal of office Oliver P. Hays Clerk
I Oliver P. Hays Clerk of the Court of Troup County do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and the same is hereby attested by me this 24 th day of June 1833.

An amendment to the declaration of James Langley to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June in the year Eighteen Hundred Thirty Two.
Georgia } Before the Honorable the Inferior Wong County } Court of said County in open Court personally appeared James Langley who being duly sworn saith that his first tour of service was in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty and that he was discharged, on the ninth day of November in said year after a service of three months as a private, by Col Wm L Davidson who was his Colonel all of which appears by the discharge which is appended to his original application, and that by reason of old age and a consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of time he served in the other tours mentioned in his said original application but according to the best of his recollection served not less than the periods mentioned below and as a private in all of them viz in the second tour mentioned in said original application commenced about the first of the year Eighty one in Col Garland's Regiment, not less than three months, in the third tour commencing about -ding to the best of his recollection the first of March or the first of April in the year last mentioned, not less than two months, in the fourth which was performed under the command Col Robison commencing about the first of July in the year last mentioned, not less than four months, and that in the last tour, performed under Col Sevier to the Cherokee Nation which was in the fall of Seventeen Hundred & eighty two the amount served not less than two months, that in all he served not less than fourteen months and that it is for this service he claims a pension sworn to & subscribed in open Court This 24 th day of June 1833. James Langley Chas. Porter Clerk

Certificate of the Oaths of the Inferior Court
Georgia } We the undersigned Judges of the Inferior Dooly County } Court of said County do hereby certify that the above and annexed affidavit of James Langley was duly made, sworn to & subscribed in open court before us & that the same is attested by Oliver P Fearn who is Clerk of said Court. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and caused the Seal of our said Court to be affixed this 24 th day of June 1833
Edm. S. Harris J.S.C.
Joel D. Dawson J.S.C.
Samuel Bailey J.S.C.
Georgia Dooly County I Oliver P Fearn Clerk of said Court do hereby certify Edmund S Harris Joel D Dawson and Samuel Bailey whose names appear to the above certif- icate are Justices of the Inferior Court of said County and that the above are their genuine signatures. Answers of James Langley an applicant for a pension un- der the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 to the interrogatories required to be propounded by the Court agreeable to the directions of the War De- partment. viz
To the first interrogatory he answers, I was born in the town of Hampton in Elizabeth City County in the State of Virginia on the twenty third day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred & sixty two.
To the second that he answers, I have no record of my age but received my information from my father.
To the third he answers. I was living in Orange County North Carolina at the time I first engaged in the service. I have lived since the revolutionary war at the high hills of Santee, in South Carolina, in Augusta Georgia, in Eatonton Georgia and am now living

James Langly of Capt. Harrison's Company of the three months Draughts is hereby Discharged having served his term of Duty according to law given under my hand this the 9th of November 1780
Wm. Moulton W. D. ...

31813 Rev INVALID.
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James Langly Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Savannah 7. July 1841
Dear Sir.
Herewith enclosed I hand you three Pension papers for payment, the Agent here having referred me to you for that purpose -
I am Dear Sir
Yours W. S.
C. Porter
J. S. L. Edwards Esq.
Com r of Pensions
Washington City.

James Langley
23454

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
Georgia } Dooly County } On this the 15 th day of January Captain Hamann and thirty three appeared in open court before the Honourable the Inferior Court of said County now sitting (the same being a court of Record) James Langley a resident of said County & State aged seventy years, who being 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 the 7 th of June 1832 viz. that he was born on the twenty third day of March 1762 in the town of Hampton in Elizabeth City County in the State of Virginia, he has no record of his age but received received his information from his father, that he entered the service of the United States in the North Carolina Militia as a substitute for a man by the name of Sherman in Capt. Harrison's company and served a tour of three months as will appear by the discharge herunto annexed. he during said tour volunteered under Col. Armstrong to perform a tour of duty against the Tories at Shallow Ford on the Watauga River & was engaged with them at that place. after their dispersion which immediately followed he was discharged returned to the Army and was discharged about twelve miles of Char- lotte Court House North Carolina.
His next term of service commenced at Lunenburg in the State of Virginia as a substitute for a man by the name of Parish in Col. Garland's Regiment (the names of the Capt and other officers not recollected) he was marched to the Dismal Swamp in Virginia & stationed near a British fort in the neighborhood of which he remained until the end of the term of service which lasted between three and five months the exact time not recollected he re- ceived a discharge but it has been lost or destroyed.
His next term commenced immediately after the former from Brunswick in Virginia (officers not recollected) he was marched to Point of Fork on James River and was

There forced under the command of Baron Stuben and was afterwards left with two pieces of artillery and a small guard at Carter's ferry on James River to guard the ferry while Stuben marched with the main army to join Washington & La Fayette who were in pursuit of Cornwallis. He was discharged at the Station above mentioned after a service of two or three months & received a discharge from Col Jones of Brunswick (who commanded the Regiment at home town which he was attached) but it has been lost or destroyed -
In his next term of service which commenced immediately after the one last above mentioned had ended he was drafted in Talbot's company of Mounted Riflemen and served under a Major by the name of Walton & under a Colonel by the name of Robinson from North Carolina and was marched down on Santee below Nelson's ferry & there joined Genl. Marion and continued in that neighborhood near five months but was only discharged for three months service (This discharge has also been lost)
Finally that he served a tour of duty under Col. Sevier in an expedition to the Cherokee Nation of Indians against said Indians about the termination of the war, the company not recollected, but the Major's name was Andrews. This was a voluntary service and continued about two months. He was discharged by Col. Sevier but like those for most of his other tours it has been lost or destroyed.
The applicant further states that he knows of no person now alive who can testify as to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. James Fenagley Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day & year above mentioned. In Open Court Chas. L. Howard Clerk

We Harry Perkins a clergyman residing in the County of Grady and Horatio J. Whitfield residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Langley who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution well served in the State, and that we concur in that opinion.
Harry Perkins V.D.L.
Horatio J. Whitfield.
Sworn to & subscribed in your Court on the day & year above
written. In Open Court
Oliver P. D. Hays Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as such in the State. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Harry Perkins who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county aforesaid and that Horatio J. Whitfield who has signed the same is resident in the county aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Geo D. Neason S.P.C. Daniel Evans S.P.C. James Callberson S.P.C.
I Oliver P. D. Hays Clerk of said Court of said County do here- by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Langley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 14 th day of January 1832
Oliver P. D. Hays