Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7576, William Gray, N.C.
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Service Nc. Gray, William  Number: W7576
Ann
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13.241.
Ohio.     Cin.
Wm Gray.     del
of ---- in the State of O. who was a Cap. of Cavy in the --- commanded by Captain --- of the --- commanded by --- in the -- line for 2 years 
       Inc. from $300
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 600 dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
End of 8 March 1849.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug. 1851 and sent to 
                                                  S.F.J. Trabue.
Arrears to the 4th of                 Frankfort, Ky
Semi-annual allowance ending 

                                             {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                             {Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H.E. Robinson Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 8.  Page 243
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835
Ohio  Cin.
Ann Gray widow of William Gray  N.C. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Capt. of Cavy.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the [begin line-through] 4th day of March, 1848. [end line-through] 8 March 1849
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug 1851. and sent to S.F.J. Trabue
                                      Frankfort, Ky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 163  Vol. A

[illegible]
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W. Gray
Declaration
11571

A.
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The State of Ohio}
Preble County}
On this twenty first day of 
September in the year of our Lord one 
thousand and eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the honorable the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Preble and State of Ohio now sitting William Gray a resident of Dickson township Preble county and State of Ohio aged seventy six 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 in the North Carolina militia in the latter part of the summer or fall of 1778 in the county of Randolph in the State of North Carolina (where he then resided) as Captain of a Company of mounted men (or horse) and that he continued in the service and heed and exercised the rank and command of captain of said company or troop of Horse for about three years and until the close of the Revolutionary War and that during said time he found & furnished his own horse and equipage. And that said company was regularly organized and subject to the same rules, laws, + regulations of the militia of said state and was attached to and composed apart of the Randolph Regt. of N. Carolina militia which Regt. was then commanded by
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The State of Ohio}
Preble County}
On this twenty first day of 
September in the year of our Lord one 
thousand and eight hundred and thirty two personally 
appeared in open court before the honorable the judges of the court of common
pleas in and for the county of Preble and State of Ohio now sitting William Gray a 
resident of Dickson township Preble county and State of Ohio aged seventy six 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 in the North Carolina 
militia in the latter part of the summer or fall 
of 1778 in the county of Randolph in the State 
of North Carolina (where he then resided) as Captain 
of a Company of mounted men (or horse) 
and that he continued in the service and held and 
exercised the rank and command of captain of 
said company or troop of Horse for about three 
years and until the close of the Revolutionary 
War and that during said time he found [illegible] 
his own horse and equipage. And that said company 
was regularly organized and subject to the 
same rules, laws, + regulations of the militia 
of said state and was attached to and composed 
apart of the Randolph Regt. of N. Carolina 
militia which Regt. was then commanded by
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entered the service Governor Burk then Governor of that state was taken prisoner by the British and was retained for some time and after his release he resigned. This circumstance he assigned as the most probable cause why a regular commission was not sooner made out for him. But he averse + declares that he did serve as aforesaid and that during the time he remained in the service he held and exercised the rank and command of captain of said company in the militia of N. Carolina he cannot state the precise time he left this service but is certain and [possative] [sic] that he remained in the service until the close of the war and his country no longer needed his services he has no hesitation in saying that he served in the capacity aforesaid something upwards of three years and that  he found + furnished his own horse + equipage during said time he further state that he his no documentary evidence of his said service except his said commissions. 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 he further states that he has no record of his age but believes he was born in September 1756 in
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in the County of Lancaster and state of Pennsylvania  and that he lived in Randolph County and state of N. Carolina when called into service and served in the militia of that state and since the Revolutionary War he resided in Blount County in the state of Tennessee and from that place he came to Preble County in the state of Ohio where he now resides and he resided for sixteen years [cert?] past. And that he is known to and acquainted with Robert Rhea, John Truax, + others in his present neighbourhood who can testify as to his character for varacity [sic] and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J.C. Hawkins Clerk    William Gray

We Josiah Conger a clergyman residing in the Township of Dickson in the county of Preble and State of Ohio and Jehu s. Rhea residing in the Township county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  William Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is believed and respected in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we believe that no doubts have ever existed on this subject
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Sworn to and subscribed the day + year aforesaid}.                            Josiah Conger

J.C. Hawkins Clerk.               Jehu S. Rhea

And the said Court do hereby declare this 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 Josiah Conger who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Dickson in the county of Preble, State of Ohio. And that Jehu s. Rhea who has also signed the same is a resident of the same township county + state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the court          J.C. Hawkins Clerk
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The State of Ohio}
Preble County}
I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Preble do 
hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matters of the 
application of William Gray for a 
pension. In testimony whereof 
I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office
the 24th day of September 1832.
J.C. Hawkins Clerk

The State of Ohio}
Preble County} [?] personally appeared before 
his the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in 
and for the said county of Preble. William 
Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and being by me duly 
sworn according to law deposeth and 
saieth 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 in the capacity of captain 
of a volunteer company of Horse in the Randolph 
Regt. of North Carolina militia as stated in the foregoing declaration not less
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three years and six months which service 
was rendered during the war of the Revolution 
and for such service he now claims 
a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed 
the 23rd March 1833}
Issac Stephens               Wm. Gray

The State of Ohio}
Preble County}
I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify
that Issac Stephens is a magistrate and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
at Eaton this 23nd day of March 1833.
J.C. Hawkins Clerk
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State of Ohio 
Preble County

On this the 24th day of May 1851, personally appeared 
before Mr. Thomas Pinkerton an acting Justice of the 
Peace in and for the County and State afsd (aforesaid). Ann 
Gray aged about 86 years, who being duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed 7th of June 1832, towit that she is the widow
of William Gray (decreased) who was as she verily believes a
Captain in the army of the Revolution and a pensioner 
of the United States under the act of 1832
at the rate of $300, per annum whereas she believes
he was entitled to receive $ --- per annum, and 
believing that she is entitled to receive the difference
between the two amounts, she most respectfully asks
the Hon Commissioner to allow it to her commencing
on the 4th day of March 1831, and terminating on the 8th
of March 1849, at the rate of $ --- per annum and
that the certifficates [sic] evidencing the service may be
enclosed to her attorney Isaac H. Trabue of Frankfort, 
Kentucky, she further authorizes her said Attorney to do
any and every thing that he may think propper [sic]
inorder to obtain said increase Pension.-
Sworn to + subscribed Before me
on the day our lord afsd [aforesaid]
Thomas Pinkerton J.P.
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I the Just Subscribed magistrate Do testify
that the above Declarant is personally known
to me and known to be the individual she represents 
herself to be and a Lady of truth and respectability 
in whose statements the fullest faith and credit 
should be placed
Given under my hand on this the 24th 
day of May 1851.
Thomas Pinkerton JP

State of Ohio
Preble County 
I Richard S Cunningham Clerk of the Court of 
Common pleas of the County and State afsd do Certify that Thomas Pinkerton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County duly commissioned and sworn that his commission was dated on the 29th day of October 1849
and expires on the 29th day of October 1852 and that his signatures above written are supposed to be genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office on this the 24 day of May 1851
R S Cunningham Clerk
Preble Com Pleas
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Marriage Records of Preble County, Ohio
Married Oct 7th 1819. John Gray & Nancy Rhea
John Hardy, M.G.
The State of Ohio Preble County ss
I Richard S Cunningham Clerk of the Court of Common pleas within & for the County of Preble aforesaid hereby certify that the above return of the marriage of John Gray & Nancy Rhea is truly taken and copied from the Marriage Records of said County remaining
in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Eaton this 24th day of May 1851
RS Cunningham Clerk
By Danl Reid depty clk
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No 972,
Ann Gray
widow of William 
O
Act 29 July 1848
Married before 1800
Husband died 8 Mch 1849
Adm 2 ups Capt of Cavy
$600 per annum,
Comg 8 March 1849
[illegible]
S J F Trabue
Frankfort Ky
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State of Ohio,
Preble County [illegible]
on this the 24th day of May 1851 Personally
Appeared Before Mr Thom Pinkerton an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the County & 
State afsd, John Gray aged about 54 years old who being duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following affidavit, towit,
That he is the son of William and Ann Gray,
that his afsd Father was as he verily believes
a captain in the Army of the Revolution and
a Pensioner of the United States under the
act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832 at the
rate of $300, per annum, that he does verily believe
that his afsd father and mother were married about
the year of seventeen hundred and eighty six, that
he is his father and mothers fifth child,
that he was born on the 15th day of June 1797,
that he has two brothers and two sisters older
than himself viz [namely] Robert, Sarah, Thomas, and Jane
the older one of which is his Brother Robert,
the next is his sister Sarah, the next is his
Brother Thomas, and the next is his Sister Jane,
that his Brother Thomas his mothers third child,
Served two tours in the war of 1812 with Great
Britain, one of 3 months and the other 6 months
he [illegible] from Blount County, Tennessee, under the
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command of Capt Stevens. That his afsd [aforesaid] mother and
father lived together as man and wife until
his fathers death which took place on the 8th day 
of March 1849 and that his afsd [aforesaid] mother is 
still living. That he was married in the this year
in Preble count Ohio,
Sworn to and subscribed Before
me on the day and year afsd [aforesaid]}  John Gray

Thomas Pinkerton J.P.

I The last subscribed magistrate to testify
that the above affiant is personally know to 
me and known to be a man of truth and [illegible]
 in whose statements the fullest faith
and credit should be placed, I also certify that I
have known him and his father William Gray decd.
for the last thirty years past, William
Gray, (the afsd) was known in this neighbourhood
as an old Revolution officer, and a man of the
first respectability, in whose statements the fullest
faith and credit should be placed, 
Given under my hand on this the 24th day
of May 1851.
Thomas Pinkerton J.P.
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Oct 23/1894
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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Gray, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his
(or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Summer 78

LENGTH
OF SERVICE.
3 yrs.

RANK.
Capt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.

COLONEL.
John Colyer
James Dugan

STATE.
N.C.

Battles engaged in, Needham's Action
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rudolph Co NC
Date of application for pension,
Sept 1832
Residence at date of application,
Dixon Ohio
Age at date of application, 76 years
Remarks: He died Mar 8 1849

Very respectfully,
Mrs Emma Kelly
Box 491
Eaton Ohio

Commissioner.
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Gray, William
N.C. W7576
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State of North Carolina
To
William Gray [illegible]
We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patroitism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute
and appoint you to be Captain of a Company
of [force?] in Randolph County of Militia

YOU are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of [Captain?] by Exercising and well Disciplining the Officers and Soldiers under your Command; and by doing and
performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And We do strictly charge all Officers and Soldiers under your Command to
be obedient to your Orders as Captain.

AND you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your superior Officers,
according to the Rules and Directions of Military Discipline, and the Laws of this State.

Witness ALEXANDER MARTIN, Esquire, Speaker of our Senate, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief,
for the Time being, under his Hand and Seal at Arms, at Salem 29th Day of January Anno Dom, 1782 and in the Sixth Year of our Independance.
By His Honor [illegible]
J Glasgow Sec
Alex Martin
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1324
Ohio
William Gray
pf Preble in the State of Ohio
who was a Cap in the Cavalry commanded
by Captain        of the Regt commanded by 
Col. Colyer [sic] in the N.C. Militia
for 2 years

let to Pension +
Pen agent June 1840
let 15 Jany 1841 to
Hon. J. B. Wallen
let to no. 10 Feb '41
let: to [illegible] 17 Jany 1842
Let to Hon. J.B. Wallen Decer 20 43
...[illegible] J A Cunningham
Jan 29 1846
letter to Hon. F. A. Cunningham
25th April 1846 ~
to [illegible] March 10, '49


Inscribed on the roll of Ohio
at the rate of 300 ~ Dollars ~ cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of May 
1833 and sent I Stephens
Eaton Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833. $600.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 150.00
$750.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. B Whiting Clerk,
Book [?] Vol. 8 Page 4
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Wm Gray, dec 8
Ohio
Act 7 June 1832
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Wm Gray 
Allowed as a Captain of Cavalry for 2 years,
as endorsement on envelope shows, yet,
through mistake was inscribed on the roll at only $300 
per annum.
A: Declaration sets forth, that he entered the 
service in the summer, or fall of 1778 in the 
Randolph Regiment, NC as a Captain of a company 
of Horse, and continued in the service until 
the close of the war. His regiment was first 
commanded by Colonel John Colyr [sic] , and after him 
by Colonel James Driggans, and that General Butler 
commanded the Division to which he was attached; 
that after he was elected Captain, he received a 
Commission (brevet) as Captain, signed by General Butler, 
and under which he was sworn into Office, 
and under which he continued to serve until 
a short while before he left the service, when 
he received a Commission regularly made out 
and signed by Alexander Martin, "then Governor" 
of North Carolina, which Commission he here 
exhibits; that about the time he entered the 
service, Governor Burk [sic], then Governor of North
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Carolina, was taken prisoner and retained for a 
considerable time, and when being released, resigned 
his Office, is the reason he supposes, his Commission 
from the Governor, was not earlier made out. 
B: John Dugan's deposition, in which he states, 
that in the year of 1778, he entered the service in a 
company of Horse, commanded by Captain Dougan, 
and served one year, then entered the service under 
Captain Gray of the Randolph Regiment, and that 
he continued in the service in the company of the 
said Capt. Gray in said Regiment until the spring 
of 1782, and that when he left the service, he left 
Captain Gray in the service, said Dugan was a 
pensioner during his life at $100 per annum, and 
claims to have served under Captain Gray for 
2 years and 6 mos, as his original declaration, and 
other pension papers show. After his death his 
widow applied for a pension, and furnished record 
evidence from North Carolina of his service, 
and was allowed her pension for his 2 years service 
and which she receives to this day, $100.00 per 
annum.
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C: John Runyon's deposition, He states 
that he knew Capt. William Gray as Commander 
of a Company of Horse in the Randolph 
Regiment and was with him in the same 
battle called the "Needham Action" on Deep River, 
which was fought in June 1781. Said Runyon is a pensioner for his aforesaid service, The Courts of Record when sitting, the Judges, Justices, etc. all testify to the high character of the parties applying, testifying etc. Application is now made for the correctness of the computation, and that $600 per animus be the allowance for the 2 years service, as endorsed upon the papers instead of $300
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Know all them by these Presents that
I Ann Gray of Preble County Ohio. The widow
of William decd (deceased) who was as I verily believe
a Captain in the Army of the Revolution
do by virtue of these Presents nominate constitute
and appoint Isaac H Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky,
my true and lawful attorney for me and
in my name to present any claim or claims
to a Pension or Pensions. Money or Moneys that
may be due me under any act of Congress heretofor papers for the services of my afsd (aforesaid) husband
in the army of the Revolution. also any Pension
or Pensions or averages of Pensions or money that
may be due me in sight of my afsd (aforesaid) husband
William Gray decd (deceased) under the act of Congress passed
7th June 1832, or any other act of Congress
heretofor passed, and when said claim or claims
are allowed may said Attorney is verily Authorized
to demand + receive the certifficates [sic] evidencing the 
same, and to do any and every thing that he may
think right and proper, I Hereby Revoke any and
all authority heretofore given to any Person or
Persons to prosecut [sic] the afsd (aforesaid) claims, or any claim
that I may be entitled to, for the services of my afsd (aforesaid) Husband
in the army of the Revolution.
I further authorize my said Attorney to administor [sic]
the estate of my afsd (aforesaid) Husband or
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in any court or courts [illegible] in and 
for the District of Columbia or any one 
of the United States or cause it to be done
by any person or persons that he may
think Proper I hereby granting the [illegible]
Given under my hand and seal on this the
24th day of May 1851.
in Presence of Ann Gray my mark x
Thomas Pinkeron
William Mckinstry
John Gray
State of Ohio
Preble Count} {illegible]

I Thomas Pinkerton an acting Justice of the 
Peace in and for the county and state afsd (aforesaid)
Duly Authorized by court to administer oaths
do Certify that on this day Personally Appeared
Before me Ann Gray and acknowledging
that signing sealing and believing the foregoing
Power of Attorney to be her own voluntary
act and deed for the uses and purposes therein
Mentioned I further certify that she is the 
individual that she represents herself to be,
and is a lady of truth and respectability
in whose statements the fulles faith
and merit should be placed
Given under my hand on this the 24th 
day of May 1851.
Thomas Pinkerton J.P.
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The State of Ohio 
Preble County 
I Richard S Cunningham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and 
State aforesaid do certify that Thomas Pinkerton is an acting Justice of the Peace indeed for said County duly commissioned and sworn that his commission was dated on the 29th day of October 1849 and
expires on the 29th day of Octeober 1852 and that his signatures above written are supposed to be genuine 
Given under my hand and seal of 
office on this the 24th day of May AD 1851 
RS Cunningham clerk 
By Danl Reid, Deputy clerk
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State of Ohio
Preble County} [illegible]
on this the 24th day of May 1851, Personally
Appeared Before me Thomas Pinkerton an 
acting Justice of the Peace in and for this county
and stated afsd (aforesaid) Ann Gray, aged about 86 years
who being duly sworn according to Law doth on 
her oath make the following Declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
Towit that she is the  widow
of William Gray Decd, who was as she verily
believes a Captain in the army of the Revolution,
and a Pensioner of the United States at 
the rate of $300, per annum, under the act of
Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That she was married to her afsd husband in 
the fall of the year of seventeenhundred and eighty
six, in Randolph County North Carolina,
that she lived with him until his death which
took Place on the 8th day of March 1849, and
that she is still his widow never having married
since his death, believing that she is entitled to 
a Pension under the above act of Congress. She most respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner to allow it to her, and
and that the Certifficate [sic] evidencing the same
may be enclosed to her attorney.
Isaac H. Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky
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and with him only and such others
ash he may authorize to does he wish the
Hon Commissioner to hold correspndance in
reference to his afsd (aforesaid) claim she further states that she {illegible...] of her children.
Sworn to + Subscribed before me
on this day and year afsd (aforesaid)
Thomas Pinkerton J.P.
Her Mark X
Ann Gray

I the just subscribed magistrate do
certify that the above declarent is Personally
known to me and known to be a Lady of
truth and respectability in whose statements
the fullest faith and credit should be placed
I also certify that she is the Individual that 
she represents herself to be.
Given under my hand on this the 24th day
of May 1851.
Thomas Pinkerton J.P.
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State of Ohio
Preble County} [illegible]
On this the 24th day of May 1851,
Personally Appeared Before Me Tho Pinkerton an,
acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and
state afsd (aforesaid), Ann Gray aged about 86 years, who 
being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath
make the following Declaration in order to obtain 
the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of 
June 1832, towit that she is the widow of William
Gray decd who died on the 8th day of March 1849
that her afsd (aforesaid) Husband was as she verily believes
a Captain in the army of the Revolution
for which service he was allowed a Pension under the above act of Congress, at the rate of $300, per annum
but which Pension was stopped or suspended in
the year of 1840, the cause of which she does 
not know and believing that it should not have been suspended she most respectfully asks the Hon Commissioner to cause it to be reallowed, and that the
Certifficate [sic] evidencing the same may be enclosed to her
attorney Isaac H Trabue, of Frankfort Kentucky, and with
him only and such others as he may authorize does she
wish Correspondence [illegible] in reference to her afsd (aforesaid) Claim
Sworn to + subscribed Before
me on the day and year afsd (aforesaid)}
Thomas Pindkerton J.P.
Her Mark X
Ann Gray
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I the Just Subscribed magistrate do Certify
that the above declarant is Personally known to
me known to be the individual she represents
herslef to be and a lady of truth and respectability 
in whose statements the fullest faith
and credit should be place.
Given under my hand on this the 24th day of 
May 1851.
Thomas Pinkerton J.P.
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Agency Ohio Farmers Insurance Co of Le Roy Ohio
Eaton Preble Co
Ohio oct 16th 1894
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC
I desire to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, and I would like to know When and Where Captain William Gray enlisted in the Revolutionary Army. He was a Captain of Cavalry under General Francis Marion, He ranked as Major under General Washington at the close of the war. He drew a Pension some time in the Thirties as far as we can find. He died in Dixon Township Preble County Ohio March 8th 1849. After his death his widow Ann Gray drew the pension until her death in 1854. I have established all the facts except, When and Where he enlisted
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Agency Ohio Farmers Insurance Company of Le Roy Ohio

and of course the Pension Papers will prove that fact. Captain William Gray was my Great Grandfather, the above information, and a very early reply will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Emma Kelly,
box 491
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B

C
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The State of Ohio
Preble County
1st Judicial circuit of the court of common pleas in the State of Ohio March Term 1833. On this 23rd day of March personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting. John Duggins aged 70 years who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he is now and has been personally acquainted with William Gray now of Preble county Ohio for near 60 years and that sometime in the latter part of the summer of 1778 he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in a company of volunteer mounted men on horse in Randolph County in the State of North Carolina in the Randolph Regiment of North Carolina militia that he continued in service until the spring of 1782 and that the said William Gray entered said service at the same time and place and held and exercised the rank and commander of Captain of said company and that when this Deponant left the service he left said Gray in the service and this Deponant further states that he knows from his own personal knowledge
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that the said William Gray did serve as Captain of said Company for at least two years and a half and that this Deponant served as a private in said company under said Gray and that said Gray as well as the other members of said company furnished his own horse that he knows said Gray personally and has known him ever since they were small boys and he know said said Gray to be the same person who has signed [illegible] to a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 dated 21st September 1832
Sown to and subscribed in open court day and year of aforesaid JC Hawkins Clerk John Dougan

And the said Court do hereby And also at the same time and place can personally John Runyon aged 70 years who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that in the summer of 1781 he was in the serve of the United States in the Randolph Regiment of North Carolina. that he was then and now is personally acquainted with William Gray now of Preble County Ohio and that he then seen said William Gray
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in the service and that said Gray then had the command of a company of mounted men on horse and said Gray and this deponant were both in the Needham Battle on Deep River which was fought the 8th of June 1781. he this Dept saw Gray in the action and knows that he was Captain of a company of Horseman. Dept. does not know how long said Gray was in the service but knows he remained in the service till the end of the war. and held the command of captain as afors
Sworn to and subscribed 
in open Court 
JC Hawkins Clerk
John Runyon
And the said court do herby cerify that it appears to them and they are satisfied that John Duggans and John Runyon who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing depositions are credible persons and that their statements are entitle to full credit By Order of the court JC Hawkins Clerk
The State of
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The State of Ohio Preble County 
1st Judicial Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas in the state of Ohio at their March term 1833 now setting.
I Josiah Conger A Clergyman resident in the county of Preble and State of Ohio do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Gray of Preble County Ohio who it appears has subscribed and sworn to a declaration date 21 September 1832 for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 that I believe him to be 76 years of age that he is believed and reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I fully concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 23rd March 1833 JC Hawkins Clerk Josiah Conger
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And the said court do hereby declare that it appears to them that Josiah Conger who has subscribed and sworn to the above certification is a Clergyman resident in the county of Preble and State of Ohio and that his statement is entitled to full credit By order of the Court JC Hawkins Clerk

The State of Ohio Preble County
I Joseph C Hawkins clerk of the Court of Common Please for said county [illegible] do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of John Dugan John Runyon and Josiah Conger contains the original proseding of the said court in the matter of the [illiegible] application of William Gray for a Pension
In testimony where of I have [illegible]  set my hand and the seal of my office the 23rd day of March 1833 JC Hawkins Clerk
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Cincinnati Ohio Roll, Act 7 June 1832,
Wm Gray Capt $300 per annum,
To what time last paid?
Paid to 4th March 1840
BLB

Purser Office
Augt 18, 1831

Cole
[illegible] Bogan
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Third Auditors Office March 17th, 1852
I would thank the Commissioners of Pensions for the loan of the papers in the case of Wm. Gray Capt. of Cavalry in the Revolution, a pensioner on the Rolls of the Cincinnati Agency, Ohio [illegible] 7th June 1832. Very Respectfully, Jno S Gallaher Aud - J E Heath Esq. Comm. Of Pensions Washington
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Wm Gray Feb 8, 1841
Ohio

[illegible]

Hn L.L. Edwards
Com. Pension 
present
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[illegible] Ref
8/2/1841

Dear sir,
I herewith send you a letter from Isaac Stephen  and his rotation to the house in Capt Gray [illegible] and shall be pleased to learn from him whether the  [illegible} in his declaration 
on file is not sufficient to authorize him  to place him on the pension roll as a private?

Hon L. L. Edwards

[Illegible]
[illegible]
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[illegible] Mrs Emma 491 Eaton Ohio
Oct 23/94 Kelly Box
Revy Widow, &c
File No. 7576
Ann Gray
Wid:
Wm Gray
Capt. Rev. Wat
Act July 29 [illegible]
Index: Vol. A Page 286
Arrangement of 1870
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Third Auditors Office March 19th 1852
Sir
I have to request that you will be pleased to furnish this office with a copy of the letter of the 8th Jun 1840, addressed to the Pension Agent Cincinnati Ohio, in relation to the pension of Capt William Gray; likewise a copy of a letter of same date to the said pensioner. Respectfully sir, Yours [ineligible] Jn S Gallaher Aud Jas E. Heath Esq Comm. Pensions
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Washington City
Hon Commissioner of Pension
Herein I enclose you
a power of attorney from Mrs. Ann Gray of Preble
County Ohio making appreciation for an [illegible]
of the pension of her husband at his death
under the act of congress of 7th June 1831.  There
Was a pension under sd (said) act. Also [illegible] she
apply for pensions due her under the acts 7th july 1838 ~ March 1843 ~ 17 June 1844 & 2nd February 1848.

I am [illegible]
Very Respectfully
yours
H. I. Trabue
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Treasury Department Third Auditors Office March 18th 1852
Sir
In the case of William Gray, Capt. Act 7th of June 1832, Ohio Agency, as $300.00 per annum increased to $600.00 per ann. Doe not the correspondence in your office show that said Gray was stricken from the Roll in 1840? We also desire to be furnished with the widows of his death if in your office. Respectfully sir Your [ineligible] JnO S Gallaher J.E. Heath Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Pension Agency
Cincinnati 12th Augt 1851
James E Heath Esqr.
Court of pensions
Sir In the case of Ann Gray
widow of Wm Gray I should be
pleased  [illegible] the actual amt
paid has [illegible] at the rate of 300$
pr. [?] The records at this office
are miscomplete the old Roll Book
not to be found the amt. due her being
appearably [sic] large I shall defer payment
until I hear from you.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob (obedient) Serv (servant)
James Hall Ps Agnt
P Wm Berry
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State of Indiana Wayne County To Witt Personally appeared before me George Springer a Just of the Peace within and for said county John Dugan of the County and State aforesaid who being of lawful age and after being duly sworn by me the said George Springer deposeth and sayeth that William Gray of the County of Preble and State of Ohio Served as Captain of a Company of Horse in the Revolutionary War and that I served as a private under his command and further that during the time of two years and upwards said Gray commanded a Company of Horse in the State of North Carolina and found his own horse and accoutrements of War, during the above described time and further that said Gray was under the Command of [ineligible] Butler of North Carolina. and as far as I know rendered general satisfaction to his superior officers,, and further this deposeth sayeth not John Dougan Sworn and subscribed to before me this 14th day August AD 1832 George Spring JP seal
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Payments to be made
at Cincinnati
by J Reynolds Prest.
[illegible] Br, Bank
Agent for paying Pension=
ers [Pensioners], in the Agency of
Ohio

Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice [Office], in Book E Vol. 8
Page 4 by
Geo. B. Whiting Clerk.
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War Department.

Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, William Gray of the State of Ohio
who was a Captain of Cavalry in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive three hundred dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. Given at the War Office of the United State, this 30th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
[illegible] Secretary of War Examined and Countersigned JL Edwards Commissioner of Pensions