Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11007, for Nathaniel Longley, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Longley, Nathaniel or Longby
S 11007
CONTENTS
learned

4842.
Massachusetts
Nathaniel ★ Longby
of Bolton in the State of Mass who was a Lieut in the company commanded by Captain  of the Regt commanded by Col Whitecomb in the Mass line for 6 New Lieut 5 " " Sergt 4 " 27 Do Private
Nathaniel Longby, Records corrected June 12/45.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 121 Dollars 36 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Jan'y 1830 and Lieut (Hon) Davis of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 182.04 Semi-ann. allowance entitling 2/ Pensions 60.68
$242.72
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H M Blair Clerk, Book  , Vol. 2 nd Page 97.

Nathl Longby pen:
Berlin March 10
10
Mas. Elijah Clark Esq. Brighton
Mas.

I Abigail Langley of Berlin in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, late of Bolton in said County seventy eight years of age, do, testify and say, that my late husband Nathaniel Langley of said Bolton an adjoining Town rendered service in the Revolu- -tion at different times, at different stations, in different ranks, for which he received a pension from the United States, that I have good reason to believe that he was entitled to an increase to his pension for extra services - viz. At Rutland as Adjutant in Col. Tyler's Regiment of guards of the Massa- -chusetts Troops in the year 1778, and that he enga- -ged in that service at Cambridge under Capt. Peter Woodbury which service was 6 or 8 months, and that his father was then living in sd Bolton and his name may be written Nath l Langley Jr and as the documents in this State do not shew his extra service as Adjutant at the same time that he performed the service of Orderly sergeant & Lieut. I Therefore request an examination of the Washington papers in the City of Washington, for proof of my said Husband's service. And I do hereby authorize and appoint Elijah Clark of Brighton in said Commonwealth my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to make the requisite

affiliation for proof of the same, In witness whereof I have unto set my hand and seal this eighth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Margaret Longley Silas Fairbank Asa Sawyer
Worcester ss March 8th 1845 Then the above named Margaret Longley acknowledged the above Instrument to be her free act and deed before me
Asa Sawyer { justice of the Peace }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April 2 d 1845
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Isa Sawyer was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Packer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Dear Sir,
Brighton May. 10 th 1845.
I forward you herewith the Application of Mrs Abigail Longley of Berlin, widow of Nathaniel Longley Esq deceased Bolton and request for her proof from the Washington papers of the Extra Service as Adjutant of her husband while a Lieutenant at Rutland. Winterkill in Charleston, in Col. Dylers. and Col. Jacob Gernickes Regt.
Very Respectfully yours
Oliver D. D. C. Elijah Clarke
Hon. William Purner
East Cambridge. Mass.

Stephen Walter Langley No 2,801

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester Holden , to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Worcester on the fourteenth On the application of Nathaniel Langley Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
within and for the County of Worcester day of August — — — — — A. D. 1832 claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, at Bolton on the 17 th of October 1756
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, it is recorded in the Book of Record in the town Clerks office in Bolton
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
Answer, I always lived in Bolton from my birth before and during the revolutionary war and now live there and have done ever since said war except nine years I lived in Harvard
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ?
Answer, I always volunteered except one being drafted on an alarm and was never a Substitute
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 service?
Answer, Generals Washington, Putnam, Green, Parsons & M'adsworth and Colonels Ward, Prescott, Reed, Baldwin, Wells Lewis and others with their Regiments. and those named in my declaration and my service was a Private and five months a Noncommissioned officer and six months an adjutant and Lieutenant as stated in the declaration *
6. 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?
Answer, Rev. Isaac Allen Genl. Holman, Genl. Gardner Amos Pollard Bernard Nims, Joseph Sawyer, Phineas Moore, Levi Moore, William Lipe, Jonas Fry, James N. Fry Thomas Fry, Asa Wheeler Jr. Calvin Gates
* my Commission was signed by the Major part of the Council then executive the state in the month of June 1778 which I have no recollection of having seen there 30 or 40 years. and on recent search have not found and cannot produce

2801
Nath Longley
Scut. 6 Month
Supt 5
Paid 4 - 27 days
Defective in the 5, 14 & 16 interrogations in the brief
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$121.36.
Hon J Dwan's Present H. R. Mss

BRIEF in the case of  of Boston
Nathaniel Dingley  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Five Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 75 Left them 13 15 Private Col. Whitecomb   75 " 1 12 " Capt. Hill   76 " 2 " " Col. Whitney   76 " 5 " Adj't Sargt Col. Smith   77 " 1 " Private Capt. Merrill   78 " 6 " Adj't Sargt Col. Gerrish & Genl. Heath  
Four months of last term he served as Adj't & 2 months as Sargt.
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Boston 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditionary evidence 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The seal is not on same sheet, and the tape does not pass under the seal which certifies that Brigham & Gardner (before whom the three first oaths were taken) are Justices of Peace - 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
S. D. Atkinson Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of
Worcester
ss.
On this fourteenth
day of August  AD 1832
Worcester
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at
aforesaid Nathaniel Langley of Bolton in said county Esq
aged 75 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 June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say on the nineteenth day of April 1775 being
the commencement of Hostilities I Marched for the scene of action under the command of Captain Artemas Hove & Lieut David Varnum & Joseph Hove and proceeded to Cambridge and served in the Regt commanded by Col Asa Whitcomb, Lt Col Josiah Whitney and Major Carter until the Army was organized some time in the Month of May I believe the last than one Month and was discharged by a pass in writing by the Comtee of safety so called and on the first day of December in the same year I entered the service under Capt Samuel Hills and Lt Saml Davis and Joseph Hove in the Militia ordered by the state to serve in the Army near Boston for the term of six weeks which term I again entered the service and on the first day of Febry 1776 I again entered the service and served two months in the Company commanded by Capt Nathan White & Lt James Burt & Joseph Hove and Ensign Ezra Sawyer and in the Regt commanded by Col Josiah Whitney, Lt Col James Stone & Major Israel Holman being one of the Regts raised in Massachusetts to reinforce Genl Washingtons Army in the vicinity of Boston and during this term possession was taken of Dorchester Heights and the British Army evacuated Boston and on the first day of April our term of service having expired we were dismissed Major Genl Ward at that time commanding the right wing of the Army (in which I served) with Brigadier Generals Thomas and Spencer, and in the last part of June or first day of July 1776 I again voluntarily entered the service in the units raised by Massachusetts to reinforce Genl Washingtons Army at New York and served five months as a noncommissioned officer (doing the duty of orderly sergeant) in Capt Jonathan Houghton's Company, Lt James Godfrey & Benjamin Wilson and ensigns Nathan Fisher, in Col John Smith's Regt Robert Langley Lt Col Moses Wheelock Major, and in Genl Galloway's Brigade consisting of Colonels Holman, Crary, and Smiths Regts Col Galloway's Continental Regt being part of the time attached to the same the service performed in NYork and vicinity on the 15th of Sept the Army retreated from the City to Harlem Heights and our brigade being in the rear we passed for a considerable distance a very heavy firing from the shipping and the British being landed great force attacked us and put the brigade in much confusion and we lost several men after being some time at Harlem Heights the Army removed to White Plains and on the first day of December our time we were engaged for being expired we were dismissed at Courtlands Manor at which time I was sick and unable to travel being 200 miles from my place of residence I was obliged to procure conveyance from place to place as I could endure a very considerable expense till I arrived at home.

same the service performed in NYork and vicinity on the 15 th of Sept the Army retreated from the City to Harlem Heights and our brigade being in the rear we passed for a considerable distance a very heavy firing from the shipping and the British being landed great force attacked us and put the brigade in much confusion and we lost several men after being some time at Harlem heights the Army remained at White Plains and on the first day of December our time was engaged for being expired we were dismissed at Courtlands Manor at which time I was sick and unable to travel being 200 miles from my place of residence I was obliged to procure conveyance from place to place as I could endure a very considerable expense till I arrived at home and so continued for a considerable time in a very feeble state of health in 1777 I voluntarily entered the service with the Militia detached from Napsas Musketts to join the Army under Genl Gates and to serve thirty days after arriving in camp and commenced service on the first day of October and served under Capt. M'Kee & Lt. Gov. Jones some time at Fort Ed. ward, and was present at the surrender of Genl. Burgoyne and his Army and some time afterwards were dismissed by order of Genl. Washington being nearly 200 miles from home.
In the month of June 1778 I voluntarily engaged to serve until the first day of January 1779 in a Regiment raised by a detach-ment from the Militia of Massachusetts and officered by the then execution Commanded by Col. Jacob Gerrish. Lt Col. Nathan Tyler and Major Natho Goodwin to do duty as Guards to the Prison of the Convention and the publick magazines to be under the command of Major Genl. Heath and I received a commission of 2 nd Lieut in the Company commanded by Capt David Jewett and and the Brig part of the Convention Troops being removed from near Boston to An- there and part of said Regt was stationed under the command of the Lt Col. and Genl. Heath allowed an adjutant to that department which service I performed about four months. and when the Convention Troops were ordered to Virginia in the month of Novr I was appointed to command the guard to one division and went with them into the state of Connecticut where they were delivered to their care of other troops, and after our return the guards that had been stationed at Rutland except one Company were removed to the vicinity of Boston where I did duty as Lt the remainder of the term of service until dismissed making my service in the revolutionary war about sixteen months exclusive of several times I marched on alarms the particular times and amount of service I cannot recollect but should suppose would amount to one months service beside the time I was sick as above related
as a private 5 Sept 5 Dec 11 6
Two hundred & 8 subscribed The Day 2 year after said Before Nathan Tyler Judge of Probate for The County of Worcester
Nath l Longley
exclusive of alarms & knapsacks

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
Nath Longley
We
_____ a Clergyman residing in the town of _____ in the county of _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and 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 in the Revolution, and that we concur in opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 the Rev Isaac Allen Headlee who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Bolton and General  Holston  Mass  and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.  they both were well known to the court  NATH JAMES Judge of Probate  Clerk of the Court of Probate
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 _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
Theophilus Wheeler Registrar of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Longley Esq for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 14th day of August A.D. 1832.
Theophilus Wheeler Regd of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathan Johnson of Berlin in the County of Worcester aged 84. Hereby testify and depose that in the year 1861 a detachment was called out from the Militia of Massachusetts to March and join the Army under Genl. Foster and serve thirty days after arriving in camp. At the Battle of Antietam and afterwards thereof  the volunteer and commenced service on the first day of October under Capt. Francis Nichols and Lieutenants Joseph Sawyer & Simon Jones and was present at the surrender of Genl. Burgreens and his Army and served until the regularly dismissed some time after being then nearly 200 miles from our place of residence.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Nathan Johnson
Worcester ss August 8 th 1882
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for and within the County of Worcester Nathan Johnson who subscribed the above Deposition and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Thomas Brigham

I Silas Bailey of Northborough in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 76 years testify and depose that Nath l Langley Esq. of Belton in the County aforesaid entered the Service of the United States and served for the term of five months commencing the last of June or first of July 1876 in Capt n Jonathan Houghton's Company and Col n Jonathan Smith's Reg t and Gen l Follen's Brigade and raised in Massachusetts and I served in the same Company and said Langley did the duty of orderly Sergeant and thereunder was performed in New York Commonwealth of Massachusetts Silas Bailey
Worcester ss August 8 th 1882 Personally appeared Silas Bailey who subscribed the above deposition and made solemn oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars before me Thomas Brigham, Just Peace

Thursdays Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester
ss. Bolton August 10 th 1832
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for
the
County of Worcester
Phineas Moore
who subscribed the
Annexed
Deposition
and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief
Before me
Stephen P. Gardner Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Phineas Moore of Boston in the County Worcester aged 83 Years testify and depose that before and during the Revolution lived and now live in the same Neighbourhood with Nath l Longley of said Boston and that on the 19 th of April 1775 said Longley went with the Militia to Cam- bridge and I saw him there and he then remained when I went away and I fully believe that said Longley served as a Soldier six weeks from the first of December of the same year and two months from the first day of Feb y 1776 in the army stationed near Boston as he was absent those terms and returned with others that were detached for the same time and also to now off his Marching on several alarms and his being absent and reputed to be in the service of which I have no doubt and he is generally reputed and believed to have had a Lieutenants Commission and has uniformly been called by that appellation previous to his obtaining title of Esq r .
Phineas Moore
Worcester Nov r 16. 1832 I certify that Phineas Moore is a man of fair character and his word never disputed as to the truth. Stephen P. Gardner Justice of the Peace

I John Temple of West Boylston in the County of Worcester aged 70 do hereby declare that in 1778 I entered the service as a private for six months and served in a company commanded first by Capt Woodbury and afterwards on account of his ill health by Capt Jewett. That Ephraim Billings of Paxton and Nathaniel Langley of Bolton were Lts. therein - that said company belonged to a regt commanded by Col. Gurnee whose officers were Lt Col. Tyler & Maj. Goodwin - That said Langley served during said period a part of the time as a platoon officer in said company and a part of the time as adjutant of said regt. - That he was well known to me then & has been so ever since - That our service was a part of the time at Rutland in Mass and the residue at Winter Hill near Boston except when we were on a march with prisoners captured with a brigade. That my service was as a private John Temple
Worcester J Augt 13. 1832
Then personally appeared John Temple and made solemn oath to the truth of the above and I certify that he is well known to me & has been for many years, and is a man of truth.
John Davis Justice of the Peace

I Austin Flint of Leicester do on oath depose and say that I belonged to the same company with the John Temple the within deponent for four months of the time within mentioned by him and declare his statement to be true during that period which was the last of the six months mentioned by him. I well knew Lt Langley who belonged to the same company and know him now and that he served as represented by said Temple for four months and always was reputed to have served in said office six months.
Austin Flint
Worcester Aug 13 1832
Sworn to before me. & I certify that said Flint is a magistrate & a man of truth
John Davis Justice of the Peace
Nathl. Langley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Thomas Brigham Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavit of Nathl. Johnson and Silas Bailey; that Stephen Ryan Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavit of Reuben Moore, and that the Hon. John Davis Esq. before whom the above Affidavits of John Temple and Austin Flint, were made and sworn to give Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Worcester, and that their signatures thereto appear to me to be in their own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Abijah Bigelow (Clerk)

We the subscribers, Isaac Allen, Clugyman residing in the Town of Bolton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Silas Holman of the aforesaid town of Bolton Justice of the Peace through said Commonwealth, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Scargley who has been is named in the annexed declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier and officer in the Revolution, and and that we concur in that opinion. —
Isaac Allen Clerk.
Silas Holman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. Then the Rev. Isaac Allen and Silas Holman Enquire made Oath that the above Certificate by them subscribed is true and just. —
Bolton August. Before me Stephen P. G. Tabor 11. 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Whereas, I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Stephen R. Gardner Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit was made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this Thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

Nathaniel Loughy Forwarded by J Davis Gloucester Mass. No 2,801.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathaniel Longley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? No, in the first term he says, something less than 18 months VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes in his favor IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes, with an inscription whereby it can be distinguished

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 3 witnesses are not certified to be credible, 2 are XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No - Byham & Gax are before me from the three first witnesses were sworn have no seal affixed to them the latter does not have under the seal which certifies that they are Justice of Peace XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are all answered
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathaniel Longley of Bolton in the County of Worcester do hereby declare that I am an applicant for a pension under act of June 7 1832 for revolutionary services do on oath declare that the first term objected to as being too indefinite I am certain was to the the amount of half a calendar month (and something more) and that the two subsequent terms of service there and my service my service when called out on alarm I know of no person now living who can testify relative thereto but Phoebe Moon whose testimony is transmitted, and all other terms of my service in the Revolution is supported by the best evidence in my power to produce and in some statements in my declaration where the time of service is not precisely stated to any particular day is because by length of time and my memory being impaired I did not feel safe to state a day certain particularly to the time of being discharged after the capitulation of Genl Burgoyne and his army but I am confident my service was not less that stated in the affidavit for a pension in my declaration.
Nathl Longley
Worcester ss November 16. 1832 then the above named Nathaniel Longley made Oath, that the above declaration is true, and that I certify that he is an acting Magistrate a man of character & truth
Before me Stephen P. Gardner Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the the County of Worcester Nathl Longley who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service in every particular case but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades for five months and twenty days I served as a private for five months I served as a sergeant and for six months I served as a Lieut and Adjutant (four months as Adjutant) for six months I served as a Captain
Worcester County Bolton Nov. 16 1832
Nathl Longley Stephen P. Gardner Justice of the Peace
Official

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss November 17 th 1832
I Thomas Brigham a justice of the peace for and within the county of Worcester aforesaid do hereby certify that Silas Bailey and Nathan Johnson who each subscribed an Deposition relative to the services of Nathl. Langley Esq in their revolution and made oath to the truth of the same before me on the eighth day of August last with each of whom I have for several years and now am well acquainted and they are persons of truth and credible witnesses and further certify that I have this day prefixed a seal to the Certificate made by me to each of their oaths
Thomas Brigham
The justices certificate to the credibility of Phineas Moore will be found on his deposition
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that since the return of the Papers relating to application and original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Langley for a Pension from the War Department, this Paper, signed by the said Langley & sworn to before Stephen P. Gardner together with the above certificate of Thomas Brigham are annexed to said Papers returned as aforesaid and that all the Papers now annexed by a piece of narrow ribbon under the seal of said Court are original Papers relating to said application for a Pension by said Nathaniel Langley -
I further certify that the said Stephen P. Gardner and Thomas Brigham are Justices of the Peace for the said County of Worcester and that signatures purporting to be their signatures are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court this 20 th day of November 1832 -
Theophilus Wheeler Register of said Probate Court

Department of State Washington July 18 th 1845
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 9 th inst., I have to say, that upon an examination of the Warrenton Papers, no evidence is found of the service of Nathaniel Langby in the Revolutionary army.
The Papers transmitted in the case are herewith returned -
Very Respectfully I am Sir &c.
James Buchanan
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions,

R.)
S-340.
: EXAMINING SURGEON.
outside of this circular has been directed to report himself to you for of the date hereof, when the validity of the order will cease. please examine him and make your report to this Bureau at once, in of the pamphlet already transmitted to you.

Revolver
S.F. 11.007
Corrected Rent
to show surname:
Longley (not (only))
AHM
June 10/05.

Brighton May. 10 th 1845.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you here, five applications made for proof from the Washington Papers, which five with those I forwarded to you in Feb. & March make not less than twenty eighth. I am not certain that I have not forwarded one or two cases which I have omitted to number. I wish that there may be as much dispatch in the examination for proof as can well be, & be correct. Do as to have these claims disposed of soon.
Being Respectfully Yours Colt D. Dyer Elijah Clark
Hon William Parmenter M. L. East Lambbridge Mass,

Rev. War
11.007
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File No. 11.007
Nathaniel Longley St. Rev. War * Longley
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]