Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,549, for Anderson Long, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C. Va.
Long, Anderson
S. 17,549
carded
CONTENTS

Missouri 13360.
Anderson Long.
was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Yancey of the Reg't commanded by Col. Mearns in the Virginia line for 18 months. 4 M.D.
Indited on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 60. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of July 1833 and sent to Wm. H. Ashley, Columbia. Mo.
Increases to the 4th of March, 1838. 120.00 Rem-ant. allowance ending 4 September, 1833. 30.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Received by Wm. H. Palmer, Clerk, E. Vol. 8. Page 84,
Order to pay Nov. 29. 1836
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838. from 4 Sept 1831. to 4 Sept 1837. Agent notified 2 d July 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agent notified 24 March 1838
Letter to Mr. Wright 8 th Auditor 23 Nov 1839
Paid as above from 4 March 1838 to 4 th Sept. 1838. Agent notified 20 Decr 1839.
Letter to Mr. Wright 8 th Auditor 28 Decr 1839
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 th March 1839. Agent notified 7 Janry 1840
Letter to Mr. Wright, 18 th June 1840
Paid as above from 4 th Sept 1839 to 4 Sep 1840. Agent notified 24. Sep 1841
Letter to Mr. Wright 15 Decr 1840

Anderson Lodge for Aspili calum A. P. P. P.

- 2 - State of Missouri Marion County ss On this 23rd 23rd day of November 1832 personally appeared before me in Open Court before James Swanson Daniel Hendricks and Walter Duncalf two of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Marion State of Missouri Now Sitting Anderson Long a resident of the said County of Marion aged Twenty 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 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
a Immediately after the Defeat of General Gates I substituted in the place of a man by the name of Robert O'Colman who had been drafted My Captain's name was Richard Young David Swanson was my Lieutenant and John Lightfoot my Ensign Many was the name of my Colonel and we belonged to Genl. Stevens's Brigade. My residence when I entered the service was in - Culpepper County in the State of Virginia - We rendezvoused at our John Walters and immediately marched to join the army - We passed through Virginia into North Car- olina to Hillsborough at which place we joined the army and drew our arms - We there remained a short time and marched from thence to Saulsbury & from thence to Charlottesville at which place I was taken sick and carried to the Hospital - After I recovered I joined Captain Sharp's Company of North Carolina Militia a few days after General Patriot was killed crossing Catawba River - At this time my Major's name was Williams and Lock was the name of the Colonel - I continued with these troops until I reached my own Army Shortly after which I was dis-

charged by General Stevens who signed my discharge Of the regular Officers I recollect Captain Powell and Lieutenant Austin Long Genl. Green also who formed us whilst we were at Hillsborough I received my discharge about the first of April the year after I joined the army having served seven months When we had arrived at the East side of the Adkin River Tarkington advanced upon us On the West side we were formed in order of battle in an Old field Station with woods but Tarkington retreated finding us too strong for him - At a small River called New River we were again attacked by Tarkington but we beat them at this time I had under my care that we had previously took about twenty prisoners
I have lost my discharge and I know of none now living that knows any thing of this service
In the Spring of year 1780 I again entered the Army I was drafted for my Father would not permit me to volunteer He understood at Portsmouth found on the Rapp- ahanock River We were ordered home and commanded to hold Burrell's in readiness at a moment's warning to march I received a discharge for the term of two months though we performed no service in the field - At the end of this
(b) term I substituted for a man by name of Charles Swain He rendezvoused at Leafy Gap Court house under Capt. William Green We were attached to Colonel John Green's Regi- ment and were commanded by Genl. Stevens We joined the Brigade a short time before the Army reached Colonel Dawidridge Old fields at which place we were attacked by Tarkington's Army but they would not stand the fight
After having served two months and knowing that my Father would endeavor to detain me at home I did not leave
(c) the army but continued with it I joined Captain Elijah Keel John Finney was Lieutenant Bell was my Major and I belonged to Colonel Alcock's Regiment and Stevens's Brigade

During this time the army was kept continually marching from place to place in Virginia night and day wat- ching the British who at this time were spread all over the Country
the Country At the end of this Tour I joined Captain Mowat's Company and during the two months I served under him I was generally on duty with the Regulars watching the British who were continually plundering provisions from the farms - I knew Colonel Mervynweather, and Colonel Shovon and Major Cloman a frenchman - The Troops of the Mar- quis De Lafayette were with our army Commanded by Brigadier General Stevens - M'Callenburgh - and Lawson John Swannagh was the major. Capt. William Fries, Colonel John Gads, with General Washington and other officers. After the expiration of this Tour in August
(E) Since Captain Sillard's Company We were at a place then called Martin hills when the Company arrived The whole army Commanded by Genl. Stevens then moved to Williamsburgh I was then detailed from my Com- A pany and placed under the Command of Colonel Boyer and we were immediately marched to a place called Truro point to prevent the enemy from opening up the river above Little York to provide provision After this duty had been performed We joined the main army at Williamsburgh and in some short time (Our army being joined by Washington and Wayne We marched from Williamsburgh to Little g York - I was then detailed for the purpose of pressing provisions Waggons Horses and such things as were needed by the army in which business I was employed until the army was disbanded -
I was born in the year 1763 in Campbell County in the State of Virginia — I entered the army at the age of sixteen My Father Bills being destroyed I know of no record of my age remaining — Since the Revolution I have lived in Virginia in Hardy & Warren Mason, Lewis, Kentucky

and now in Marion County Missouri
I know of no one living by whom my services can be proved except Reuben Miles of Shelby or Spencer County Ky Morgan Wright of Washington County Kentucky and John Miles of Henry County Kentucky - If they are living they can testify to most of it
Though I received my regular discharges for my services I have lost or mislaid them all - Thus I have served my Country faithfully about eighteen months and if she now give me of her bounty it will be thankfully received
She 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 any agency of any State
I am known to William Anderson Jacob Jones Benjamin Jones William McPherson John Mack and others who can state as to my character for veracity and their belief as to my services as a soldier of the revolution
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
James Garrison President Judge of the County Court of the County of Marion
Mr Joshua Gentry and John Anderson residing in the said County of Marion hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anderson Long who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Joshua Gentry Sworn to and subscribed the day in AM 1840 and year aforesaid

State of Missouri Marion County Set 3
On this 7th day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before James Jamison and Daniel Headrick Judges of the County Court of the County of Marion aforesaid in the County aforesaid now sitting Anderson Long aged Seventy Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
  (a)  That he served not less than 7 months on the first campaign as Coleman's substitute with Richard Gurney as stated in my declaration of the 13th of November last  74 Days 7.00    (b)  Served under Capt Green not less than two months  2.00    (c)  Served under Capt Kirtley not less than 2 months  2.00    (d)  Served under Capt Wood not less than two months  2.00    (e)  Served under Capt Sillars not less than 2 mo two months less than  2.00    (f)  Served under Colonel Boyce not less than this was under  —    (g)  Served peaking provisions &c as stated not less than One month to the time the army was disbanded Eighteen months  1.00 18.00  
I know of none now living by whom my services can be proven — the persons named in my previous declara- tion have failed to answer my letters and the testimony required cannot be had I suppose they are dead
Anderson Long his mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me James Jamison President Judge of the County Court of the County of Marion
James Jamison J. Headrick

Jeremiah Taylor a clergyman residing in said county of Marion and Joshua Gentry residing in said county do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Anderson Long who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declarations the first bearing date on the 13 day of November 1832 and the other on this day — that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of May 1833 before me James Garrison President Judge of the County Court of said County of Marion Jeremiah Taylor Joshua Gentry James Garrison
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter as stated on the 13th day of November last and at this date — that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and knows as he states — and the board further Certifies that it appears to them that Jeremiah Taylor who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman residing in said county of Marion and that Joshua Gentry who has also signed the same is a resident in said county of Marion and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit
James Garrison } Judges of the Daniel Henderson } County Court of Marion County
Theodore Jones Clerk of the County Court of Marion County in the State of Missouri do hereby Certify

that the foregoing contains the Original and Subsequent proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Anderson Sing for a pension and that James Cameron & Daniel Hendricks are Judges of said Court duly Commissioned and qualified as such. — In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 7 th day of May 1833
Theodon Jones clerk.

James Garrison President Judge Of the County Court of Marion County, Arkansas
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 Joshua Gentry & John Anderson who have signed the above certificate, are residents of the said County of Marion and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
Theodore Jones Clerk of the County Court of Marion County, Arkansas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anderson Long for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 13 th day of November in the year of our Lord 1832 Theodore Jones Clerk

RECORDS OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MILITARY PENSION FILES
Pension File, S 17549, of Anderson Long Revolutionary War
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION National Archives and Records Service Washington : 1958

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 8 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 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," Anderson Long, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Sixty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

17.549 INVALID.
17.549
File No. 16988
Anderson Long
Pris. Rev War
Act. June 7 th 82
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 1, 1841.
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," Anderson Long, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Sixty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 1 st , 1840.
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," Anderson Long, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Sixty - Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson P. Harris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 29. 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," Anderson Long a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Sixty — Dollars and — — — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th. June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836 to the 4th of Sept. 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Dec 15 '46
Mr. Ewing
Ja
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions Washington City.

Pension Agency St Louis Mo. Decr 5. 1846
Sir
I enclose the pension claim of Andrew Long for one year in the close of this Agency.
Be pleased to have it examined and give me your instructions
I
I am very respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq
Your Obedt Servt
Commr of Pensions
H. C. Anderson Agent
Washington
for H. C. A.
City

Register Office Palmyra Mo June 3rd 1841
Sir,
The inclosed papers, showing the claim of Mr Anderson Long, a Revolutionary pensioner, have been placed in my hands by him with a request that I should forward them to you, and ask the favor at your hands to put him in the way of obtaining the amount now due him.
Application after application has been made to the Agent at St Louis who always made some pretext for refusing the payment. Mr Thompson made application at one time and he was informed that the papers were not correctly made out, and when he desired that the defects should be pointed out it was refused and he had to return without the money.
As Mr Long is a worthy old patriot who stands in need of the amount due I hope you will take such action in the premises as will secure him the speedy payment of the amount due.
With great respect, I am, Sir,
Yr. Mv. St St
Henry Wright
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions

No. of Engrs. 13.360.
Anderson & Long.
Adm for 1 year & 6 months —
Hon. Mr. H. A. L. L. Missouri.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Anderson Long 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
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.
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.

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?
He has the evidence of two witnesses, but no clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Yes
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?
yes also
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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? so
yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
yes.
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 the 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 3 d , 1839,
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," Anderson Long, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Sixty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.