Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4685, Joseph Gray, Penn
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn

Gray, Joseph
Phebe

NUMBER
W.4685
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CONTENTS
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn

Gray, Joseph
Phebe

NUMBER
W.4685
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CONTENTS
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11.093
Pennsylvania
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Joseph Gray of Columbia Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Logan of the Regt commanded by Col Taylor in the Pennsylvania line for 2 Ys Private - $80.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of March 1833 and Sent to Jn'o Cooper Danville [?] Pa
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 - 40.00
[total] $200 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jn'o F Sprugan Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 21

[right side]
See letter 5 Sep '36
Robt McCay
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69
Pennsylvania
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Phebe Gray widow
Joseph Gray
Columbia Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the company comman[ded]
by Captain Logan of the reg't comman[ded]
by Col. Dayton in the N. Jersey
line for two years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per ann[um,]
to commence on the [lined out: 4th day of March, 1831.] 2d June 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of October
1836 and sent to Robert McCay, Washingtonville, Pa
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '37 40.--
{ Revolutionary Claim, [blotted out: Act ...] July 4t 36
Recorded by Wm S Allison Clerk,
Book [blank] Vol. 1 Page 164
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Northumberland County ss.
August 2nd 1832 Personally appeared before me the subscribe[r] one of our Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mr John Fulkerson and being Sworn according to law did Depose and say that he was acquainted with Joseph Gray in the State of New Jersey, and That he knew Joseph Gray to Enlist in the service in the same Company with deponent in a company comanded by Capt Jonas Ward and served in the Regiment command[ed] by Col John Taylor: That he Enlisted in Morris County New Jersey in the year of our Lord 1779 and ^served Six months and was discharged at Newark about Christmas the same year

[signed] John Fulkerson

Sworn and Subscribed before me Sam'l Barr J.P.

I do hereby certify that I have for many year been acquainted with Mr John Fulkerson and I always found him to be a man of veracity

Sam'l Barr

August 2nd 1832
I certify that I believe Sam'l Barr esquire who hath signed the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace of Northumberland County
Augt 7 1832 Jacob Fogarty Prot
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Columbia County ss.
Came before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Valentine Christian of the Township of Madison in the County of Columbia & State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Joseph Gray now residing in the Township of Derry in the County aforesaid, and that he (this deponent) knew the said Joseph Gray at the time of Continential warr and that he (this deponant) knew that the said Joseph Gray was in the service of his Country as a soldier at Elizabeth town, New Jersey and further saith not.

Valentine Christian + his mark

Sworn and subscribed the 30 day of July AD. 1832 before me
Caleb Thomas JP

I the subscriber the Justice of the peace before whom the above deposition was taken do Certify that I am well acquainted with Valentine Christian who made the oath, above subscribed, and I beleave him to be [inserted: a man] of truth and veracity. Witness my hand the date above
Caleb Thomas

Columbia County Set
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County do hereby Certify that [obscured]leb Thomas who hath certified the above deposition [is] an acting Justice of the peace in & for Columbia [Coun]ty aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn as such & to whose official acts as such due faith & credit is & ought to be given in Courts of Justice & elsewhere. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of the said Court this 7th day of Augt. eighteen hundred & thirty two
Jacob Eyerly Prot
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State of Pennsylvania, Set. County of Columbia
On this Seventh day of August AD. Eighteen hundred and thirty two Before The Honorable Seth Chapman and his Associates composing a Court of Common pleas in and for the said County personally appeared Joseph Gray a resident of the Township of Derry in said County and State aged Eighty years who being 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 June 7, 1832.

That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1779 with Captain Jonas Ward and Served in the regiment Commanded by Colonel John Taylor of New Brunswick, under the following Officers, to wit Colonel John Taylor, Major Samuel Hays [Hays] and Captain Jonas Ward, for the term of Six Months and was discharged at Newark Essex County State of New Jersey on or about the 1st [?] January 1780. He received no written discharge from that Service but they were all dismissed. was engaged in a Skirmish at Newark, where two ferry houses were burnt on the British landing. At the time he enlisted he resided in Roxborough Township in Morris County in the State of New Jersey.

That he enlisted a Second time in the year 1780. about the 1st day of July in Somerset County in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain Richard Lane belonging to the Second Regiment commanded by Colonel Israel Shreves [Israel Shreve] -- Deponent believes General Dayton was the field officer, his Colonel was Israel Shreves, his Captain Richard Lane. Willis was the orderly Sergeant of the Company Lieutenant Peck was paymaster of the Regiment, this deponent was twenty six days of the time on a fatigue party commanded by Captain Bernard Hubley, and was also on another fatigue party commanded by Captain Furman on the Highlands of York, and was wounded in the leg during said Service and carried to West point where he lay Six weeks and was taken from West point to Pumpton [Pompton, NJ?] and was Sent home lame with Corporal James Hall and lay lame confined with his wound all winter and was attended by Doctor Elmer. Deponent resided in Somerset County N Jersey at the time of his Second Enlistment. this Enlistment was for the term of Six Months. Deponent Served out his 6 months and then obtained his discharge, which he has lost many years ago during both the above terms of Service Deponent Served as a Private Soldier. [crossed out: His regiment first] he enlisted in Somerset County and went to English Neighborhood above New York where he joined his regiment which marched thence to Orange Town or Tappan on the west side of the North river and was present at the Execution of Major Andre, Col. Shreves being the officer of the day. from thence he marched with his regiment to West Point Deponent further says, that in the Month of August 1776 he entered the Militia Service in the Company commanded by Captain Logan of the New Jersey Militia, that at the time of entering this Service he resided in Somerset County in the State of New Jersey, the regiment was Commanded by Colonel Quick for the two first weeks and then Colonel Stephen Hunt came and took the Command. Richard McDonald was Major. the regiment was formed at a place called "Pluck them in" [Pluckemin] in Somerset County and marched to Bergen County within about 1/2 mile of Pawles Hook [Paulus Hook] and thence retreated on the British taking New York to Elizabeth Town this was a Month Service, which time he fully served out. He served also one Month under Captain Ebenezer Berry in the Spring of 1777.
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part of this month, Capt Berry's company was attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Frielinhausen [Frelinghuysen]. he joined this Company at New Germantown Huntingdon [Hunterdon] County State of New Jersey as a Substitute for Moses Craig the Company was marched from New Germantown to Pyramis [Paramus] near the Hackensack where we remained three and thirty days. here we had a Skirmish with the refugees lost our baggage and had one man killed and One man taken prisoner. On the expiration of this Month this deponent again entered the Company of Captain Logan in Somerset County and marched to Elizabeth Town where the Company remained and he with them until the month expired. This deponent again entered the Service and in addition to the foregoing periods or terms of Service that he Served on Monthly Service in the [crossed out: Companies] years 1776, 1777, 1778 in the Companies commanded by the following named Captains - in Captain Logan's Company three terms of One Month each, in Captain Berry's Company two terms of One month each in Captain Rinchard's Company two terms of One month each, in Captain Gerhearts [Gerhart or Gearhart] Company One Month in Captain Benjamin Cooper's Company One Month, in the Company of Captain Lott One Month, under Colonel Wyndes two months as a volunteer in November and December 1776. during the main part of the above Service they were Stationed at Elizabeth Town. While under Colonel Wyndes they were ranging along from back or East of the Short hills back of Springfield to Amboy, during this last service we killed two wounded one and thirty three Waldeckers prisoners. Deponent was born in Middlesex County, Woodbridge Township in the State of New Jersey in the year 1752 the record of his age is contained in a small family bible in possession of his Son John Gray. When first called into Service I was living in Somerset County aforesaid - he continued to reside in Somerset and Morris Counties in the State of New Jersey until 1785 when he removed to what then was Northumberland County now Columbia County in the State of Pennsylvania where he has resided ever since - he was out in the service two periods of 6 Months each as an enlisted Soldier - he was drafted as a Militia man for some months how many he cannot tell he served two months as a volunteer and the rest of the time he Served as a Substitute One Month for Moses Craig and does not recollect the names of the others he served as a Substitute for, [inserted, continuing downward in right margin:] the names of my officers and [illegible] of Service I have stated before. I received ^but One discharge signed by Colonel Shreves which is lost - James Loughead Esquire Post Master Danville Columbia County, Col Thomas Moorhead James Donaldson Esquire Mahoning Township Columbia County, the Reverend John B Patterson of Derry Township Columbia County. The Honorable Jacob Gerheart [Gerhart or Gearhart] of Northumberland County, Colonel Daniel Folmer of Derry Township Columbia County are well acquainted with Deponent and Can vouch for his Character for veracity
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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 Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

[signed] Jacob Eyerly Proth'y
[signed] Joseph Gray

We John B Patterson a clergyman and John M Reynolds both residing in Derry Township in Columbia County and State of Pennsylvania Do hereby [smudged] that we were acquainted with Joseph Gray who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty 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
[signed] J. B. Patterson
[signed] Jn. M. Reynolds

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Jacob Eyerly Proth'y

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation 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 John B. Patterson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Derry in Columbia County and State of Pennsylvania A[lso] that John M Reynolds who has signed the same is a resident in the same place is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit

[signed] Seth Chapman
[signed] William Montgomery
[signed] Leonard Rupert {Seal}
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State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County Ss
I, Jacob Ey[erly] [lined out: clerk] Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the aid Court in the matter of the Application of Joseph Gray for a pension. In testimony whereof Ihave have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of the Said Court this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
[signed] Jacob Eyerly Prot'y

Columbia County Set
Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Joseph Gray within named who being duly sworn deposeth 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 in the following grades to wit as an enlisted soldier one year, and as a private militia man one year & three months. And for such service I claim a pension.

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court Nov 7, 1832
[signed] Jacob Eyerly Prot
[signed] Joseph Gray

I Jacob Eyerly Prothy. of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the deposition of Joseph Gray above written was taken in open Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County aforesaid & sworn to and Subscribed as above. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Danville this 7th day of November 1832
[signed] Jacob Eyerly Proth'y
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3'd Section of the act of Congress passed July 4st 1836
State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County } ss
On this 26th day of August personally appeared before the subscriber an associate Judge in and for said County Pheba [Phebe] Gray a resident of Derry township county and state aforesaid aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 3d 1836

That she is the widow of Joseph Gray who was a private in the Revolutionary war for which service a pension was granted to him on the 25th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty three of Eighty dollars per annum

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Gray on the 11th April seventeen hundred and seventy four that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Gray died on the first day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty six and that she has remained a widow ever-since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed
Pheb[obscured] Gray her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
[signed] William Montgomery

I certify that the above applicant Pheba Gray in consequence of age and bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court and that the deponent is a respectable widow and that full faith and credit is due to her deposition
Witness my hand this 26th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
[signed] William Montgomery
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State of Pensylvania
Columbia [smudged] County } ss
Peronally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid John Gray who being duly sworn according to law doth say that he is well acquainted with Pheba Gray of Derry township [inserted: in said County] widow of Joseph Gray late pensioner of the United States and that she has never been married to any person since the death of Joseph Gray
[signed] John Gray

Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of August AD. 1836. Before me Rudolph Seckler, J. Peace

I The aforesaid justice of the Peace in and for the County of Columbia and state of Pennsylvania do certify that John Gray the above named deponent is a respectable and credible witness and that full faith and credit is due to his deposition Witness my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Rudolph Seckler JP {Seal}
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State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County ss }
I James Donaldson Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County aforesaid do certify that William Montgomery Esq is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid and that Rudolph Seckler Esq'r is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, both duly Commissioned and sworn as such and that the signatures of William Montgomery & Rudolph Seckler as within written are the proper hand writings of the said William Montgomery & Rudolph Seckler. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Danville the twenty sixth day of August AD Eighteen hundred & thirty six

for James Donaldson Prothy
Jacob Eyerly Clerk

[written downward in bottom section]
46 Phebe Gray Pennsyl'a
admitted
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Columbia County ss.
Personally came before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Valentine Christian of the Township of Madison in the County aforesaid and duly sworn according to law did depose and say the he this deponant was well acquainted with Joseph Gray (late of Derry Township in the said County deceas'd, who was revolutionary soldier,) before the revolutionary war, and that the said Joseph Gray and Phebe Fulkison (who now is the widow of the said Joseph) was Married before the said Revolutionary War to wit for the year one thousand [lined out: eight] seven hundred and seventy five - [1875 altered to] 1775. and further saith not
Valentine Christian X his mark

Sworn and Subscribed the 5. day of July AD. 1836.
Caleb Thomas J.P.
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Columbia County ss.
I certify that the within named Valentine Christian who testifies to the marriage of the within named Joseph Gray, is of Good repute for Varacity and truth, witness my hand at Madison Township the 5. day of July AD. 1836.

[signed] Caleb Thomas J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County
I James Donaldson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do Certify that Caleb Thomas is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and that the signature of Caleb Thomas as within & above written is in the proper hand writing of the said Caleb Thomas Esq'r In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Danville the twenty sixth day of August AD Eighteen hundred & thirty six

for James Donaldson Prot,
Jacob Eyerly Clerk
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No 2487
Pennsylvania
Suspended Oct 29. 1832.
let to Jno Cooper
Danville Penn'a
Objections. 5.
Adm'd
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2 y'rs Private $80.
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BRIEF in the case of Joseph Gray of Derry County of Columbia in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7 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? 80
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table, 4 columns, 3 rows plus headings]
Period. | 
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. |
Rank. As a |
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.

1776, 1777 In 1778 | 1 [year] | Private | Capts Logan Berry & Richard
1779 | 6 [months] | do | Col Taylor, Col Wyndes
1780 | 6 [months] | do | Genl Dayton
Brief incorrect as to service

5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish at Newark, & wound in the leg during his service in the Highlands New York
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Roxborough, Morris Cy New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Living Witness and traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed] James [illegible] Examining Clerk.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4685
Phebe Gray
Wid.
Joseph Gray
Pvt. N. Jersey line
Act: July 4" /36
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[paper 1]
Act 4 July 1836
Phebe Gray
Pennsylvania
Suspended
let 5 Sep 36, Robt. McCay

[paper 2]
Joseph Gray Pennsyl'a Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
paid to 4 March 1836
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[illegible] Allison Oct 1

[written vertically]
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Washingtonville Sept 27/36
Dear Sir
I received a letter from you dated Sept 1 in which you inform me that more proof is necessary before the claim of Phebe Gray can he established I have procured the deposition of her sister but she does not remember the exact time she was married. I think it would be impossable to get any thing more than what is enclosed but before you deside against the claim [3 words underlined] pleas let me know perhaps [underlined] something more may be had -- but I hope the proof of the record of the Bible which I saw myself which could not have been made in antisapation [anticipation] of the present law will answer every purpose

Respectfully yours
Robert McCay
Post Master
Washingtonville Pa
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Washingtonville Pa
August 30
Hon. James L. Edwards
Washington D.C

[written upward at left]
Sept 3d
Pa
Act 4 July '36
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Washingtonville Pa
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the papers of Phebe Gray widow of Joseph Gray late pensioner of the United States if any thing is wanting to substantiate her claim you will pleas to make the same known to me as she has requested me to attend to her application for a pension

Respectfully yours
Robert McCay
P. Master Washingtonville
Pa Columbia County

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County } ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Vallentine Cristey who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Pheba Gray before the Revolutionary war in Morris County State of New Jersey She was married to Joseph Gray befor the year seventeen hundred and seventy five as I well remember when I enlisted in the army in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy five I remember it from this sircumstence [circumstance] I was well acquainted with Both Joseph Gray and his wife after my return from the army on the St Patericks [Patrick's] day [3 words underlined] (17th March 1777) Joseph Gray and Pheba his wife lived in the same neighbourhood viz Morris County State of New Jersey something like three years after this Joseph Gray and myself were out on a tour together in the Malitia [Militia] under General Hurd [Heard] I remember this from the following sircumstence [circumstance] viz when we were at Elizabethtown in New Jersey Joseph Gray and myself and several others were under arest [?] for an alleged damage we had done to a house in that place in which we were quartered we were brought before Gen Hurd [Heard] and after a hearing we were dismissed and pronounced innocent. This deponent says he was not at the weding [wedding] of Joseph Gray and Pheba his wife but is as well satisfied that they were married before he was out in the service with him, as that he is a living man. The deponent has been acquainted with them that is Joseph Gray and Pheba his wife fifty three years in the County of Columbia State of Pennsylvania which is about 130 miles from the place in New Jersey where we were acquainted at the first.

The deponent further saith that he has heard that they were married by the Rev Jeremiah Halsey he has a perfect recolection of that there was a Clergyman by that name who lived in the neighbourhood and that he
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was a Presbetarian [Presbyterian] and further this deponent saith not

Vallentine Cristey + his mark

Sworn and subscribed this thirteenth day of September 1836 Before me R M Reynolds J Peace

I the aforesaid Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Columbia State of Penn'a do certify Vallentine Christey the above named deponent is a respectable and credible witness and that full faith and credit is due to his deposition

Witness my hand and seal the day and year last above mentioned

R M Reynolds

State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County } ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared John Gray of Derry township county and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is the son of Joseph Gray late pensioner of the United States and Pheba his wife that according to the record of his Fathers Bible he was married to his mother April 11th seventeen hundred and seventy four this record is in his Fathers own hand writing and the deponent says he remembers to have seen the same record more than forty years ago and further that about twenty years ago his Father purchased a new Bible and made the same record that was in the old Bible and further saith not
John Gray

Sworn and subscribed this 14th day of September AD. 1836
Before me R M Reynolds J. Peace

I the aforesaid Justice of the Peace in and for the County
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of Columbia and State of Penn'a do Certify that John Gray the within named deponent is a respectable and credible Witness and that full faith and credit is due to his deposition

Witness my hand and seal this fourteenth day of September 1836
R M Reynolds {L.S.}

State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County ss } I James Donaldson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Columbia aforesaid do Certify that Robert M Reynolds Esq'r before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was taken was & still is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn as such and all whose official acts as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given & that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Said Court at Danville this twenty sixth day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty six

For James Donaldson Prothonotary
James Donaldson Jr Clk
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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County } ss.
Before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace came Elizabeth Merril formerly Elizabeth Fulkerson aged about 77 years who being sworn according to law upon her oath saith - I am about seventy seven years of age. I was personally and intimately acquainted with Joseph Gray who was married to my sister Phoeba Fulkerson shortly before or about the commencement of the revolutionary war. Jos. Gray died a short time ago my sister, his late wife is still living. I am certain that Mr. Gray nor my sister were not married before nor since the time above mentiond. Deponant further saith not.

Elizabeth Merril X her mark

Sworn & subscribed Sept. 17. 1836 before me Witness my hand & seal {Seal}
S. Schuyler
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Pennsylvania
Lycoming County ss
I J. K. Frederick Prothy of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County do Certify that Simon Schuyler Esqr before whom the within Affidavit was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned according Law and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his Official acts and the Signature purporting to be his is genine

I witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of said Court at Williamsport the 20th day of Sept 1836

J K Frederick Prothy