Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38750, Henry Gray, S.C.
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[STAR OVER NAME]

(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.

Gray, Henry

NUMBER
S 38750

CONTENTS
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Rev. and 1818
Wars Section.

January 1, 1928

Mrs. Mary B. Pritchett
149 Stafford Ave
Barnsville, Ga.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 38750, 
it appears that Henry Gray was appointed in 
1775, Lieutenant In Captain Motte's Company,
Colonel Willian Moultrie's South Carolina
Regiment, was in an engagement at Fort Moultrie, 
June 26, 1776, and was commissioned, 
August 7, 1776, First Lieutenant and served 
in said company and regiment until December:
14, 1777.

He was allowed pension oh his application 
executed March 10, 1834, while a resident of Charleston, South Carolina, aged seventy-five years. 

In 1884, he referred to hie wife, Ann, and
to children, Sarah, Jane, Frances, Emma, Fergus, and Albert, but did not give the ages of any.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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149 Stafford Ave.,
Barnsville, Ga. 6/24/927.

Commissioner of Pensions ,
Pension  Bureau , War Department ,
Washington  D.C.

Dear Sir:

In Senate Document, Pension Roll. of
Session U.S. 23rd Congress  Published
1833-34 (Sencil No 251 or Shelf No) on the
South Carolina  Pension  Roll ,page 15, I Find
"Henry Gray, Lieutenant  S.C. Continental line,
age 75, June 12th !824 living in Charleston Dist,
S.C." died July 20th 1824.

On page 47, of S.C. Roll, I find "John Gray
private in Georgia Militia age 76, June 28th 1833
living in Picken Dist., S.C.

Will you please give me all the in-
formation in your office given when the above
men applied for a pension to family, birth
marriage and death to whom paid and when
the pension ended &c &c.

Thanking you for any courtesy extended,
I am,     Very respectfully,
Mrs. Mary Bass Pritchett
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38751
Revy INVALID
File No. 38750
Henry Gray
Lieut Rev War

Act: 18" March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 203

[Arrangement of 1870]

[left side]

1928 - Jan 11  Hist to
Mrs. Mary B Pritchett
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19.277
South Carolina ,
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Henry Gray
of Charleston Dist in the State of S. Carolina 
who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded
by Captain Mott of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Moultrie*  in the South Carolina 
line, for the term of 17 months to Dec 1777.
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Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina 
at the rate of 20 Dollars  per month,
to commence  the 10th of March, 1824.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of June 
182? & sent to Pensioner, at
Charleston, S.C.

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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1824.                    $116..71
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                                                                                   $116..71
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Acts March 18, 1818
and May 1,1820}


 Vol : 9 . Pa 79. 

[Handwritten note:]
* Moultrie was promoted to B. General
in 1776, and suceeded by Col Marion.
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In CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New Hampsbire, • Massacbusett-Bay, 
Rbode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle,Kent
and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, TO
Henry Gray Gentleman 

We, reposing espccial Trust-and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity,
DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a First Lieutenant in 
the Regiment of [illegible] Commanded by Colonel William Moultrie

in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every 
hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a First Lieutenant 
by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And we do strictly
charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as a 
First Lieutientant .- And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to 
Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, 
for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States 
or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the
Trust reposed in you.  This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Dated at -Philadelphia this   seventh day of August Anns Domini one thousand  seven hundred and seventy six yr

By order of the Congress

ATTEST. Cha Thomson
John Hancock PRESIDENT.
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Schedule
District of South Carolina 

In the District Court
On this Tenth day of March 1826 personally
appears in open Court, being a Court
of Record for the said District Henry
Gray aged Seventy five year resident
in the City of Charleston in said District
who being first duly sworn according to
Law, doth on his oath declared that
he served in the Revolution War as follows
as a Lieutenant  appointed in 1775 in
Captain Mottes company a part of one
of the Regiment of [illegible] by the
State of South Carolina commanded by
 Col William Moultrie: that in that
capacity he served sometime as a recruiting
officer in the Upper Part of the said State
and afterward was Stationed at one of the
guns of Fort Moultrie during the engage-
ment with the British fleet on the 28th
day of June 1776.  That soon after the
said Regiment was transferred to the 
Continental line, and his commission is dated
at Philadelphia.  the 7th day of August 
1776 appointing him a First Lieutenant 
in the Regiment of  [illegible] commanded by
Col William Moultrie, the said Commission being
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being signed by John Hancock President of
the the congress, and attested by Charles Thomson,
Secretary  that he serve faithfully in that
capacity until the 14th day of December 1777
when he resigned his said commission (the
contest having been removed to the Northern
States) to his Col William Moultrie as
appears by the handwriting of the said Wm
Moultrie endorsed on the said Commission.
He further swears that he has received no
pension from the United States, never having
before applied for one, and that he hereby
relinquishes any pension that may have been
allowed to him by the Law of the United States
And I do solemnly swear that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on the
18th day of March 1818, and that I have not
since that time by gift, sale or in any man-
ner disposed of my property, or any part thereof
with intent thereby so to diminish it as to
bring myself within the provisions of an act of
congress entitled "an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States in the Revolutionary War
[illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818; and that
I have not, nor has any person in trust for
me.  Any property or securities, contracts or debt
due to me, nor have I any income other than
what is contained in the Schedule hereto an
nexed and by me subscribed: to wit 1 headboard
2 tables, chairs, ordinary bedding and clothing"
that
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that I have no occupation, nor ability at
present to purssue any, being very infirm and
nearly blind: that I have a wife and six
children four of whom are daughters ; my
wife is named Ann and my children following
the order of their ages, Sarah, Jane, Frances,
Emma, Fergus and Albert.  That my wife
and daughters keep a small school, not
sufficient for our support, and that I have
no other means of support whatever

Signed Henry Gray

Sworn to and declared on
the Tenth day of March
1824 in open Court before
me - 
(signed )Thos Lee. 
D Judge


I James Jervey  clerk of the District Court
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath
and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from
the record of the said court and I do further certify
that it is the  opinion of the said Court that the total
amount in value of the properity exhibited in the said
Scheduele is not more than twenty dollars. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said Court on this 12 day of March 1824.-
James Jervey
Dist Clerk