Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 25233, for John Long, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
★ Long, John
NUMBER
S. 25233
CONTENTS

Ms. (411.) Virginia John Long, private
Ratio of disability, _____ Total _____ Time of closing _____ the testimony, } 28. Feb. 1877.
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia , at 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of February, 1817. —
Certificate of pension issued the 19 th of April, 1819 and sent to the Pensioner on account of Benj m Parker, Esq. Notary Public Fredericksburg Virginia
Appears to 4th semi-ant. all ce ending Increased invalid pension Law 3 d March, 1819.
 Am t from the 28 th Feb y . 1817 to 3 4 March, 1819 - 24 \frac{1}{28} \text{ mo.} \times \frac{4}{31} \text{ mo.} } 193.31 Am t paid from 28 th Feb y . 1817 to 4 Mar: 1819. @ $4 per month. 3 - 96.65 Diff ce between Original & 3 $ 96.66 Increased pension to 4 mar: 1819 3 $ 96.66 P ending 4 th Sep r . 1819 - 48. - $ 144.66 

25 233
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 25 233
John Long Rev Rev War
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Virginia. District of Fredericksburg. to Wit. :
I Benjamin Parke Notary
Public, in and for the District of Fredericksburg in the State of, Virginia, by lawful authority duly commissioned and qualified, residing in the corporation of Fredericksburg in said District, do hereby certify unto all to whom these presents shall come, that on the 28 th day of February last, I forwarded to the Department of war the annexed Commission granted, by the Honorable S t George Tucker, Executed by Doctors George French, and James Carmichael Commissioners therein named and sworn to before. William S. Stone a justice of the peace on the 27 th day of February 1817.
That on the 5 th day of March 1817, I received a letter enclosing the Commission from George Graham Esq r informing me that the then approaching close of the Legislative proceedings of Congress precluded the possibility of doing any thing, relative to an Increase of the pension of John Long, to whom I delivered the said Commission and letter, from the Department of War.
And I do further certify that on this 2 nd day of December 1817, the said John Long, personally appeared before me, poor and decipid and requested me to forward these papers again to the Department of war.
And I do further certify that William S. Stone Esq r who has subscribed his name to the annexed Certificate, was at the time of doing the same and still is a justice of the peace for the corporation of Fredericksburg, and as such all faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his acts and Deeds as such;
In

In Testimony Whereof, I the said Notary, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal Notarial, this Eight Day of December in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventeen
Benj m Parke Notary Public

Spotsylvania County
State of Virginia
Before me, Thomas Minor a Justice of the Peace for the s d County of Spotsylvania, on this 4 th day of August 1819. Personally appeared, John Long a Pensioner of the United States, a being first duly sworn, on Oath, doth declare, that the ori- ginal Certificate of Pension granted to him under the Law of the s d of March 1811. is not in his possession. the same having been lost or mislaid. and that he has never disposed of, or assigned the same to any one
Given under my hand & seal this 4 th day of August 1819
Tho. Minor

Virginia
John Doney, private,
In the Revolutionary War . . .
Applies for an increase of pension. He now stands on the roll at the rate of $11. per month . . . . .
Present ratio of disability certified } Total, . to be, . . . . .
Time of closing the testimony, 28 th of February, 1817. . . . .
March 12-1818
Ref. to the Comm ee on Pensions & Revol n Claims
Act 3 March: 1811, at $2 50 / 100 increased $4. per mo: —
Award of Congress, . . . . .

28 27 1 1817-10 1/28 1818-12 19-2-4/31 24 28 31 8 $192 28 1.03 2 $193.31 96.65 96.66
Virginia.
John Long, an applicant for increase of pension, who now stands on the roll, at $2 50 /100 per mo: increas- ed by Law of 24 th April, 1816. to $4.
evidence deposited in the Pension Office of the War De- partment, on the 16 th Dec. 1817. by Rich d Forrest, Esq. of the State Department.
To be laid before Congress at their present session
N.B. This pension has been paid at $4. per mo: up to the 1 st of Sept. 1817.
To be sent to Benj m Parke Esq. Notary Public, Fredericks- burg Virginia
Congress. S

In the case of John Long a wounded Soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Congress
Deposited by Mr Richard Ferriss of the State Dept.
16 Dec r 1817
Congress

United States of America, District of Virginia, to wit;
To Doctor George French, Doctor William French and Doctor James Carmichael, of the town of Fredericksburg, in the District aforesaid.
Whereas Application hath been made to me the undersigned District Judge of the United States for the District of Virginia, on behalf of John Long of the County of Spottsylvania, a soldier wounded in the service of the United States, while in the actual line of duty, during the revolutionary War, as it is alleged, for a Commission for to examine and take all such Evidence as may be necessary for substantiating his Claim for an increase of his pension from the United States, There are therefore to authorize you, or any two of you to call before you the said John Long, together with such witnesses as he shall require to be summoned in his behalf, and to examine them, & take their Evidence in the manner prescribed by an Act of Congress passed the 10 th day of April 1806. entitled "An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War"; which Act hath been since revived and continued by a subsequent Act of Con- gress passed the 25 th day of April 1812. — and the same to taken to transmit to the Secretary at War, in the manner prescribed by the said recited Act; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given under my hand & Seal at Williamsburg, in the District aforesaid this eleventh day of February 1817. in the forty first year of the Independence of the United States.
J. P. Tucker

Fredenicksburg, Virginia to wit.
Pursuant to the foregoing Commission to us directed, We the undersigned Commissioners, caused the within named John Long, a Wounded Soldier of the Revolutionary War, to come before us, and having carefully examined him, we found it unnecessary to require any further testimony, as the facts of his having faithfully served his Country and received his wounds while in that service, have already been satisfactorily proven: And We do hereby severally upon our solemn Oaths declare, it as our Opinion that the Wounds of the said John Long have impaired his constitution much so affected his health, that he is thereby greatly prevented from obtaining his subsistence by Manual Labour: That he is far advanced in years, is very poor, and in our Opinion is well deserving a full Pension.
Given under our hands & Seals this 27 th February 1817
Geo. French Esq. Seal
Horatio of Fredenicksburg to of Virginia to wit
Jas. Carmichael Esq. Seal
On this 27 day of Feb y in the year of our Lord 1817 the above named Commissioners personally appeared before me a Magistrate for said Corporation and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Statement & return.
H. S. Hone