Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11087, Henry Grigg, Conn.
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Service
Number
Conn
Grigg Henry
Elizabeth
W. 11087
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22.764
Connecticut
Henry Grigg
of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut
who was an Asst. Com. Issues in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Cols Miller & Tollinger in the Cont Troops line for 
Assistant Commissary of Issues

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 600 Dollars per annum
increased from $480
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of July 1841 and sent to Alexr Ray Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $6000
Semi-annual allowance ending
Former payments to be deducted

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk.
Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 15
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35
Connecticut
Elizabeth Grigg
widow of Henry Gregg
who was an Asst Comm of Issues
in the Conn Troops
Conn
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
600 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th [crossed out] 3rd day of March [crossed out] September, 1844.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of April 1845 and sent to Charles Hawley
Stanford Conn

Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol 2 Page 53
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
ss
Probate District of Hanford
On this 20th day of August [illegible]
personally appeared in open Court
Before the Court of Probate for said District

Henry Grigg a resident of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy three years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress granted June 7 1832
that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officerrs and serced aws herein stated:  viz. he entered the Regimant of Connecticut troops [illegible] commanded by Col. Philip B. Bradley [illegible] in Connecticut now out of [illegible] and Col. Norman Coblenz out of Greenwich now [illegible] 776 [illegible] by above the 1st of [illegible] entered as a soldier [illegible] and taken as Clerk of the Regiment and continued as such with the Regiment till after [Jack Lee?] was taken when Mathy [illegible] came home which the [illegible] was in December.  Major [Beebue] Anthony of the Regiment - one Bentish was adjutant [illegible] tenth of the month.  Benedict of {illegible} and Able of Sanfire house Captain and all are dead - lay at Bangor till Quarles hawk was taken after went to the English King Clouthiers were waiting when [illegible] was taken.
In November 1778  audited by a Comm clerk on the lines at the 
[illegible] village near Peekskills in when he speaks of such till July 1779 seven as Troup D with Col Kingsfleet of Horseneck - [Quartermain of men?] had command at different times.
In July 1779 [illegible] became a commissary in the service at the time he states - received his first orders to take charge of stores at Indianakabrugh (now but he believes after Frankfort) in New York lying [illegible] the South East in said State - continue to service them in commissary until January, after following year then change of the magazine stores [illegible] this time and written overall to the place above five miles [illegible] as he thinks Devil's Creek whereabout two hundred [illegible] were employed in chopping wood for West Point after no commissary there for a [illegible] for about two months of war then ordered to Hudson in New York to take charge of the [illegible] stores there.  Declarent is incorrect - after he left the wood cutting expedition he was caught in commissary on the lines at Peekskill the month of the Groton - Kingstack confirmed gift of the change of public stores all or most of the time till [illegible] following when he was ordered [illegible] to Hudson to take charge of the stores there - was at Northcastle in New York when ordered to Hudson.  Col. Miller and Col. Talmadge had been in common in Northcastle.  Talmadge left - after which [illegible] in charge of the stores till the next April (1781) - the first of April or final of March - helping by his accounts costs without on and later on April 26 
[illegible].  The first of Ma 













till after the station when a thick late
in that we are one n and for the
Captin - all are dead & lay on the within the tenth
neighborhood where delay then be
November 1777 as a check on the lines the cent
enta village near Peekskill in such till July 1779 in
ascaped bad, Kingsteet of Horse - Putman, Hull of the hand on
---and
and at different times
July 1779 once become a commission to the within
State received his post to take care of stones at Indicksburgh in
believes called Frankfort in the lying above South End in said
continuance then confined for the following
their charge the ingaging the time when & place
above him until aboughkeepsie cutter by this evil creek where are
hundred men in the war on west point at
there has betterly about two months
in London in the
to take charge to the full in the lines the
the word cutting station he went on the lines at Peeks
the month of the proton knolat had charge
to all of the other time when he
went to his & the day the then there is in health in the
when ordered to Col Small & to Talmage
heartle Sale and the other the stores till the
April 1781. that of
has by his account
-
Gate Hudson late
the first of May of that
year took care of the trust dispose and
offence the stick
nine in the amendment at said Fishkill
in the comfort the content
which was att Jan 1782 wrote a letter to him
lating to those this by marked B. He then ┃
other hog ated a letter with by the
the comes to the land first became
ps in July 1774 or that one instantly in the
of the tories he took the continue ┃
all said the within the Dep Commissary Gent
take Steven & a light has assist
to
- to wit

in and for the
Captin - all are dead & lay on the within the tenth
neighborhood where delay then be
November 1777 as a check on the lines th
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accost as commissions will be found at Washington in the
for he has account his son of many other
tenancies therein Court, they are considerable pay and
20th 1754 in render in and for me
and wish when he entered the service as a
those lost all Cardine his appointments which he
which edition upon receiving and sixty doll
these witness of his appointment on with the
for the present who upon that an attack the
intentions want he may be certified & service
sworn as he thinks we went on the intestate
And Hung Gross
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
companion running, upon the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any at
Who Hawley Judge
sworn in, and the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Gregg
a clergyman, residing in the town of
residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well
sented with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
that to be
years of age; that he is reputed
and believed, in the shroud where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution;
that we concur in his opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
-
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter,
puting the amnagatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named
---
was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies,
that it appears to them a
who has signed the
ing certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of
and that
who also signed the same, is a resident in
THE LOWE of
and is a credible person, and that their statement
John Hawley Judge
20th of August
Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stanford
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
of the aim of Henry G
for a Pension.
in mumuny whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
1832.
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Recorded January
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled
an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" of an act of Congress
of the 3d March 1843 entitled ""an act granting a pension to certain
widows of Revolutionary Soldiers of the act of Congress of the 17th of June
1844 entitled "An act to continue the pensions of certain widows"
State of Connecticut County of Daniel
Probate District of Stamford
ss.
on this 12th day of September 1844 personally appeared before the Court
of Probate in offer the said District of Harford, Elizabeth Griggs
deal of the town of Greenwich in the said County of Fairfield of in the said Dis
trust of Stanford aged seventy-seven years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed July 7, 1838, entitled an act granting half pay pensions to
him widows" of the lots continuing the benefit of the third in the
act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 entitled "An act granting a
Pension to certain widows of Revolutionary soldiers" of the tree of
Congress of the 17th of June 1844 entitled an act to continue the pen
time of certain widows""- that she is the widow of Henry Gings late of
said town of Greenwich now decd who was he assistant Commissary of
ties in the army of the United States during the week of the Revolution & that
on the act of June 7th, 1832, he drew a pension of six hundred dollars
as such Commissary up to the time his death as will appear by
reference to the documents relating thereto on file in the office of the
commissioner of Pensions, as this applicant was not married to him
until after the close of said war, she cannot state to what Corps or department
 of the times he was attached or belonged, in when he entered
the service nor when he left the same, an under what offices be
second, in any particulars whatever of his service but necessarily
refers he information on the several subjects aforesaid to the application
of the said Hans for the pension which was allowed to him
the documents in support of the same off connected therewith now
in possession of the Pension Department. The believes he resided in
said Greenwich when he entered the service.
the further declares she was married to the said Henry Gress
(her maiden name having been Elizabeth Brish) on the twenty first
any of April in the year seventeen hundred & eighty nine
by the River to Lewis then the pastor of the congregational
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Society in said Greenwich, in that part of it called Holsenbeck, but
now deceased. That her husband the aforesaid Henry Gins died on the
30 days of September and 1844 at his residence in said Grant
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but
the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen
hundred ninety-four viz: at the time above stated. That she knows
prospered living who was present at her said marriage,
Sworn to subscribe on the day of year above written, before
Joshua B. Ferris
Judge
Gigg
and now on the same 12 day of September AD 1844 before said Court
now sitting personally appears Sarah I. Goings of said present
aged forty-five years who being duly sworn doth on her oath
testify that the is the daughter of Henry Griggs named in the
foregoing application of Elizabeth Gregs of said Elizabeth
that said Henry died on the 3rd day of September 24
that said Elizabeth was his wife of is his widow of his
since resided of still reside in said Greenwich - and that the
deponent has ever resided with her said parents of all
resides with her said brother-- that her said mother has
ever continued & still is the widow of said Hans
Sworn & subscribed before me
Sarah J Gregg
J. B. Ferris Judge
and I further certify that said
Sarah 7 Grigg the deponent is known
to me to be a credible person
Joshua B. Ferris Judge
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Deponent
on the said day before said Court personally appeared Jonas
head of said Greenwich aged sixty years who being first duly
doth depose of my that he has long in Hing Ging
in the foregoing application who lately died of the application
Elizabeth Grief that he has long live any bear them If has any
frequently been to their house in Greenwich & well and
they lived together as husband & wife were reputed to be such
that and Elizabeth now his widow resides in said Regiment
not be the consent of long has been the Clerk of the
Church in the second Congregational print in said Grant
what is called Horseneck in his Greenwich & which was
entire for a long time and the pastoral days the 
sale Lewis now - That he has often seen said Lewis
writ of knows his handwriting well-- that as such clerk he
as in his hands of custody the Records of said Church - That the
said records in the record of marriages solemnized by
the pastor of said Society and in the handwriting of said
Rec'd a Lewis is an entry of record, as follows in:
January Seventeen hundred fifty-nine.
March fifteenth Do. Another close of Hannah Rich
April twenty first Do. Henry Gregs & Elizabeth Bush."
That it, (in the extent aforesaid is a true copy
of the record with the exception of the dates which are ex
passed on the record in fair legible figures as follows:
Jany 1789
Ward 15. Do. Jonathan Close of Hannah Rich
April 21st Do. Henry Grigg & Elizabeth Brush "
I press lead abovenamed depose say.
that I hold the office of Clerk of the church in the second
Congregational Society in the Town of Greenwich, County of
Fairfield & State of Connecticut and that the above is a
true extract from the records of said church with the
exception above named as certified legacy (the words
erased before my grater hereto
Jones Head
Clerk the Church
of the same County
above named-
Sworn & subscribe before me
Joshua B. Ferris Judge
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and the said Court of Probate doth hereby
declare its opinion after the investigation
of matter that Elizabeth Gregg, he as
plicant is the widow of Henry
Greggthe
was married to him on the 20th day of
1799. that said Henry deed on
the day of September 1844. that he became a
pension for his herein as legista
County in the War of the Revolution, as
in her declaration statis
J. B. Ferris Judge
William H. Hall Clerk of the Court
for the District of Stamford in one
do hereby certify that the foregoing con
original proceedings of the hall
to matter of the application of Elijah
Coy for a Pension
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto
hand and seal of office this 12th
Sept AD 1814
Wm H. Holly Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-515
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W. F. 11.087
Washington, C.D., ______, 19____

In reply to your request of _______, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Henry Grigg a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
RANK. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
STATE.
Aug 1, 1776 | 4 mos. | Pvt and Clerk under | Colonel Philip B. Bradley | Conn.

Nov 1778 | July 1779 | Commissary Clerk |

July 1779 | Jany 1 1782 | Assistant Commissary of Issues

Jany 1782 | 3 mos | Commissary

Battles engaged in, none stated.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Greenwich, Fairfield Co. Conn

Date of application for pension, Aug 26, 1832, his cl was al. [his claim was allowed]

Residence at date of application, Greenwich, Fairfield Co. Conn.

Age at date of application, born Dec. 30, 1758, in Greenwich, Conn. Died Sept 3, 1844 in Greenwich Conn.

Remarks: He married Apr 21, 1789 at Horseneck Conn. Elizabeth Bush. She was al. pension on an application executed Sept 12, 1844, at which time she was a resident of Greenwich Conn aged 77 years. In 1844 their daughter Sarah L. or T. Grigg was 45 years old & resided in Greenwich Conn.

Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Henry Grigg, wid-Elizabeth
Conn    W. 11087
An order for teams to transport provisions, a list of seals, weights, etc. received, and four sheets of lists of provisions received have been removed from this claim for transmission to the War Department.= order of 5 sheets of [illegible]
S.C.A.
Feb. 17, 1911
Sent to War Dept.
Jany 16, 1913
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Conn.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11.987
Elizabeth Grigg
Widow of
Henry Grigg
Asst. Com. Issues Com. N of s
Act: June 17th 44
Index:-Vol. A, Page 288
[Arrangement 1870]
1919 Oct. 31 Hist. to Eugenia L. Grigg
1920 Sept. 13 amended report sent to 
R.L. Grigg containing place of birth
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22.764

Connecticut
Henry Griggs of Fairfield in the STate of Con who was a Asst Com in the ~~ commanded by Captain ~~ of the Regt commanded by Col. Walter & Tollingun Con Troops for Assistant Commissary of Issues.

Inscribed on the Roll of Con at the rate of 480 Dollars ~~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of October 33 and sent C. Hawley Stamford CT

Arrears to the 4th of September 37 $12.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4 240
_______
$1440

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 16

see letter June 11, 1841 to Alex Ray
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One 2d [illegible]
Stamfield

Rev War

16 Oak Street
Port Chester, N.Y.
October 20 - 1919

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
OCT 21 1919

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: - 
Will you kindly send me full record of Henry Griggs service in the American Revolution?
He was pensioned from Fairfield County, Conn. by act of Congress 1837 I believe, and pensioned as Assistant Commissary (page 650 or 450) Connecticut in the Revolution.
I will appreciate your con-
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tesy in this matter and trust you may be able to furnish this at an early date.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Eugenie L. Grigg

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
OCT 21 1919
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Rev. War Section.

September 13, 1920.

Miss Eugenie L. Grigg,
16 Oak Street
Port Chester, N. Y.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 6th of August you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any soldier named Benjamin Kimendorf.
In order to identify a Revolutionary War claim if on file for Benjamin Sawyer the subject of your inquiry, in addition to his full name some of the following data is essential the State troops in which he served, places of residence, of enlistment and after service, and approximate dates of his birth and death.
The enclosed record of Henry Grigg, a Revolutionary War pensioner W. File No 11087 is sent to amend one forwarded to you October 3, 1919, in which the place of soldier's birth (Greenwich, Conn.,) was inadvertently omitted.
Very respectfully,
T. D. Byington
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. 2
MH

16 Oak Street,
Port Chester, N.Y.
August 6th, 1920.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: - 
I am desirous of obtaining some information and would appreciate it if you could help me out.
I am trying to ascertain for the purpose of becoming a member of the D.A.R. the place of death and the date of death of Benjamin Elmendorf. HIs service record reads "Benjamin Elmendorf served as a Sergeant in Capt. Fredk Schoonmaker's Company, Levi Paulings Regiment from July 17, 1777 to October 20, 1777. Records further show that he served as a Sergeant and later as a 3rd Lieutenant of Company commanded by Capt. Tobias Van Bueren, Col. Jonathon Snyder's 1st or Northern Ulster Co. Militia from October 14, 1778 to August 17, 1782." He was buried, as I understand, at Kingston, N.Y. but am not sure of this. If you have any other war record than the above, will you kindly send me a copy?
Am also anxious to find out the dates of birth of Cornelia Hermance (the above party's granddaughter) and Benjamin Sawyer (husband of this Cornealia Hermance. if you cannot

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
0
AUG 7 1920
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give me this information, could you suggest to whom I might apply for same?
Then, too, I would like to get the place of birth of Henry Grigg? On October 31, 1919 you sent me a copy of his Revolutionary War Recor, on which was written "V.L.N.W.F.11087, Rev. War."  On this record it states that he was born Dec. 30, 1758, and that at the time of enlistment he resided in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., but I have no means of knowing where he was born.
Thanking you in advance for any information you can give me, I am,
Your very truly
(Miss) Eugenie L. Grigg
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Please get for me
Henry
Grigg
Connecticut, Ad
Act 1832
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11,614 Jan 25, 1845
? Eliz. Grigg,
July 7, 1838
Ct
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No 11614
Elizabeth Grigg
Mom of Henry
Con
act of July 1838
M 89044
Rejected husband died
September 1844
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Hartford (Ct.) June 23, 1845
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
I enclose an application for a peacetime allowance by Elizabeth Grigg widow of Henry Grigg dec? [unreadable] in the papers were [unreadable] as will be seen long ago, [?] would have been sooner for [unreadable] but have not util now been placed in my hands by the Court of Probate.  Mrs. Grigg as will be seen by her application refers, as the [unreadable] to the proof accompanying the application of her deceased husband.
Please communicate the result to me as her [unreadable]
With much [unreadable]
Your obedient [unreadable]
[signature unreadable]
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Hartford Oct. 14 1833
I. L. Leonard, Esq.
Sir
I again forward the papers of Henry Grigg with an additional declaration of a certificate from the Comptroller.  This certificate will finally satisfy your [illegible] that Mr Grigg was [illegible] in addition to their testimony arising from his mouth of no testimony of the writ [illegible] forward, he feels confident you will find his old returns in the [illegible] [illegible][illegible] Washington.  He begs that they may be [illegible].  He has [illegible] his rank of [illegible][illegible] of his services as [illegible] as last [illegible] able to do it.
I am very respectfully
Your obedient servant
C. L. Hawley
P.S. I take the liberty of adding [illegible] Mr Grigg tho in [illegible] circumstances is [illegible] of entire respectability.
C. Hawley
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West Greenwich Con' November 10th 1848
Ab Ray Esq
Dear Sir
Yours of the 27th [illegible] came to hand a few days since, from which I must think that the business your attention has been hard so long given me the hope that as this proof which entitled me to the pension gross raw may enable you to proceed in the arrearages.

With respect to the division of the Army I may have belonged to I must say an embarrassing station won on the Liness & Continental village stores at Fredericksburg.  Poughkeepsie Fishkill Claverack Landing now called the City of Hudson.

At the place I was retained by Nathaniel Stevens the DCG for three months to assist in settling his accounts.  For which as I never have seen him since and not have take [illegible] no doubt but [illlegible] 

with respect
Your most Obedient Servant
Henry Grigg
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Henry Grigg

Payment to be made at Hartford-
by Pres U.S. Bank Agent for paying Pension
in the Agency of Connecticut

Increase to $600 per ann. & send
Cert to  A Ray
notify the pension agent of the increase

Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book C Vol 3
Page 16 by E B Bullock
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 Henry Grigg
of the State of Connecticut
who was an Assistant Commissary of Issues during the
Revolutionary War is entitled to or hundred & Eighty dollars and
--- cents per annum during his natural life commencing 
on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually  [cancelled handwritten over bulk of this line]
on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year

Given at the War Office of the United States
this day 31 day of
October one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner
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June 1. 1841
Henry Grigg
Connt Roll
for increase

[sideways]
James L. Edwards Esq
War Dept
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Washington
June 1, 1841
Sir,
I enclose a letter from Henry
Gregg a pensioner as Commissary or as
an [illegible]? at the rate of $480 a year
in the Connecticut pension roll.
Be pleased to have his case
examined with a [illegible] to an increase of
to 600$ per annum
I am very
respectfully your
Alex. Ray
J. L
Edward Esq 
Commissioner of Pension
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Mar 25. '41
Henry Grigg
Connt Roll

[sideways]
James .L. Edwards Esqr
War Department
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Washington
June 25, 1841
Sir,
In compliance with your
letter of the 11th Inst in the case of Henry
Grigg, of Connecticut, who was an assistant
commissary of [illegible] during the war of
the revolution; I herewith enclose you
his pension certificate for $480 to obtain 
the in lieu as 600$, and a certificate 
from a Notary Public that he is still living
I am most
respectfully Your obt svt
Alex. Ray

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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No. 11614
Elizabeth Grigg
Widow of Henry
Cont No. 65 1844
Acts 7 July 1838 and 3 March
1843
Rejected husb and 1844
Allowed act 17 June 1844
2 year A.C. of Issay
$600.00 per an from
3 September 1844

Charles Hawley
Stamford
Con
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No.7153
Henry Grigg

Assistant Commissary
of Issues
2 years
$480

960
240
$1200

C. Hawley
Stamford Ct
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Henry Grigg 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? No

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? no

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
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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? no

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it? no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he state in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No

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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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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 in 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."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the paint for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension in the said according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the then the 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 be 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.

[below handwritten]
Further proof in order to substantiate this claim
is required -- if claimant can procure any
documentary evidence in support of his claim it
should be done-- Traditionary evidence
is as important in this case as any other
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Comptrollers Office
September 18th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts
of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears
by the books in this office, & in an account
headed "Invoice of provisions delived
by the State of Connecticut to Henry
Grigg Assistant Commissary Issues on
account of the United States on the requisition
of Congress Nov 4th 1780

The vouchers of this account were
delivered to E. Haskell Conn & by him
receipted February 22d 1788

No other evidence of the official
character of Mr Grigg in the revolutionary
army, is known to exist in the office

E. Phelps
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I remain with [illegible] respect your 
most Obed servant
Henry Grigg

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County SS. Greenwich June 23 1840
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted Henry Grigg
and that he is now alive and in my presence and
that I saw him sign his name to the above letter which
was written by him.
Samuel Close a Notary Public
For the State of Connecticut
Residing in said Greenwich
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield 
Probate District of Stamford
on this 19th July AD 1833 before the Court of Probate in and for
the District aforesaid now sitting personally appeared Henry Grigg
of the District aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath in open Court Declares [illegible] in addition 
to his original declaration dated the August 20 1832 that he cannot
state with certainty precisely how long he was in the service [illegible]
New York in Brantley's Regt
work in the Regt as he knows & swears positively that 
that tour of duty was for four months at least this was in the 
year 1776 & beginning about the 17 of August 1st that he cannot give
the precise day [rest of paragraph illegible]

While declarant was serving as Commissary clerk from November
1778 to July 1779 a period of nearly eight months the officer who had
command was Putnam [illegible] near the  [illegible] of Groton
River Col Hill & Lt. Col. Miller [illegible]
[illegible]
what is close by) Capt Hawthorne [illegible]
I was clerk at first under [illegible] at the
Continental Village & afterwards under one states (I think
Ruben Stiles) in Horseneck while I was under Stiles at
Horseneck the British came after and in July 1779 to go to 
Fredericksburg in New York (now I believe illegible]
I went from Horseneck to Danbury to get [illegible]
and thence to Fredericksburg & there became the commissary - this
was early in July as I think the 9 or the 10th [illegible]
I cannot say give the day with certainty [illegible]
He [illegible] at Fishkill it was a Sergeant [illegible]
[illegible]
belonging to the Hospital department  quartered at Stack's house
with Gen. McDougal. Dr. Knight of [illegible]
Fishkill - Col. Hughes Q. Master Genl quartered in Fishkill
I sent to him for horses [illegible] &c [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] I cannot recollect other officers at that place
except Major Keyes who was under Col. Hughes
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to the war at a
but I then went to the end of the Hustin
thereof & the other than
of the then for the was under the
person in the name
the spens. The devil seek to Peekskill
the least forty
interest
Capt Miller
that place
of the land
this is not and at the posting
the parties to the apportion
When I
the way to
to the receipt for thee to guard to the
in the event all hold thehow

I shall be at the the same that there
and to get
the hand writen but what has be
well at
and unto the said
the truth thereof as they are to
in the County office charge of the
this at Fishkill the rear of the quarter
the best that battle on
that I
fortificate
has soweth the fourth Saturday
the to the entified
was that on the
the testator there at the time of
then to my
and of the then the River from Bos
ton was there as courses of age. Dean
Wright John To the Hospital
patent and the ten but
and all the time per
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my estate the first of January 1782 and
Commissing in the United States &
then of acting as such which according
the noblest was sixty one month. The periods of the
these were in Bradleys Regt in 1776
July 1779 a period of seven months at head (
matimore as a commissing Clubthe
infant of July 1777 till about the first of January
1782 and taken two years in at lead to
months as a commissing. I cannot give the
the my service the title
the enemy but I have in my statement, stated less
the last time, that I might not exceed the truth
all the time I served either in Bradley Reg
pay Clark or as Commissions acted in
one lot in this, I was instably seated
the service of the public constantly to the lines all
the sin of followed in civil pursuit of doing all
those to regularly near inspect Copace
day of March 1782
Steven eternal declare of doing all the time
to the service of the public & followed
to and for this as prey to pay but re none
unto the within appointed a Company
in order for the Commisses God. The orders
at (uplicate) I his
his my fathers house in said Gullion when his house
war 1795 of said Chest of all its contents contend
this
petent to free and to the Pinto Depart and
other this his sins I may be living
to obtain and obtain the
the that which I owed of by his
the table to go abided & enquire whether those
who pray in the sewin or bing & I proved
not but as I compunce
the Inlet Genl Washington and of
at one fine to be put to Alban, given on these
the pay Stevens. Here they were
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sell for
sent to me for the
has far west court of Jasons with west
with. This was the bunkin
and say that began at the loss
of memory he cannot swear porting to the
of this sect along this
collection he had not less than the point below
of in the following grades. For for the
as Clerk of the Regh having enlisted at
Regr as stated before or seven months
his Commissary Clerk in 1778 of 1777
Stiles as he stated - for two years that
had I served as a Commissions in 1777 at
before stated, if in three months I served as a
in Cap. Gelling them to take
that said sale
portively that said Commission at
by for the time when I believe it
put hands to the content 1742
before stated - I have in the
letters to sample of which is had to said
Grind supped at this tenth
Simple
Henry Pigg
Sworn to & subscribed the day
as aforesaid. C. Hawley Judge
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At a Court of (illegible) at Greenwich in (illegible) District of Stanford in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on the 19th day of July AD 1833.

We Isaac Lewis a clergyman residing in the County of Greenwich in Connecticut & Augustus  Lyon (illegible) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Grigg who has (illegible sentence) that we believe him to be seventy four years of age.  That he is (illegible sentence) where he is (illegible sentence) where he (illegible) to have been a (illegible) of the Revolution.  (illegible) we concur in that opinion.

Isaac Lewis
Augustus Lyon
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I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stanford in Connecticut do hereby by certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of Henry Grigg  for a pension In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set & seal of
office this 22 day of July  [illegible]1832-
Sam Lockwood Clk
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State of Conecticut
County Probent District of Stamford
on the 14th day of October AD 1883 before the Court or
to the said District the [illegible] personally appeared
Gillan and District who being only county
in open Court alone and addition to the
body and that while he said Bindley Regal
the declarations he was a private - I am at the Regr
set my hand to wit when Gen. Washington with the
retumes I, making grand returns for the
the last of the Companies, Col Bradly signed the returns
and if by me & I returned them to Genl Washington
in the Commissarial Departed after my
appointed in July 1779 was that of assistant Commiss
then were three grades - Commissary Gent Deputy
or assistant Commissions-- I was one of the
the Commissaries for my last appointed in July
1779 till Satter took the business in 1782 as the
power entations. The only commission in record
with instant Nath Stean then Deputy Company
of eventually received written instead
constant Commisson on said Stevenson
the whole my continue to the Commissance Depart
he was read to use my state in as
declaration was the within or
Sep. Genl Commisson Stevens all my other
his relating my conduct as assistant Conness
I have a recollection that I was
at any time an assistant is peace
it is prety Collatt
the acted in all the this stated in
truths an Assistant Commissary all the
at said order & directing said Stevens
the Junction were all kept by requenlock
John Waterhouse was burnt as stated in said line
ting to be more than one hundred and the
with evidence of my rank of services he has
prosich I heron Comptroller Phelps be
apitant Commissary issues
be assistant Commission I sued for by
10th 1779 to Sunday the 1st the with 70
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Fredricksburgh in New York, from that time viz 1st January 1780 for two months ending the 1st March of 1780 I served as assistant commissary at Davids Creek in New York from that time viz 1st March 1780 to the 20th of Nov, 1780 I served as an assistant Commissary at Peekskill, Groton, Granford [???], King Street & the [???]tans in their vicinity in the State of New York. & for that time viz the Nov. 20th 1780 to the [begin strikethrough] 1st of January 1782 [illegible] I served as assistant commissary [illegible] [end strikethrough] 
26th Apl 1781 I served as assistant Commissary at Hudson in the State of New York & from that time till 1st January 1782 when said took charge, I served as an assistant Commissary at Fishkill in the State of New York. This was all continued constant service without any interruptions. I may be not exactly correct in [illegible] of dates but believe I am any [illegible] - but I cannot consider exactness of information as my services were continued all
the time & I know continued thro the whole time from the 8th or 10th of July 1779 to January 1782.

In my and declaration I stated and used to receive orders from the Commissary Agent - I was wrong - it was from Stevens the Deputy Commissary Genl.

I have already stated the length of my services in each capacity.

My appointment  as Commissary's clerk in Nov. 1778 was by [begin underline] Israel Knapp [illegible] the Assistant Commissary [end underline] He belonged to Horseneck in Connecticut.

When I was an assistant to Stevens after [illegible] took the [illegible] wife I was appointed by him viz and Stevens.

Henry Grigg

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me & I certify that a [illegible] of [illegible] were made on the other page & in value of part of the lines on this page before subscription beneath.

John Hawley Judge of Rec [???]

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of Court of Probate
for the District of Hartford in Connecticut hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Grigg for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14th day of February Ad 1833

Saml Lockwood Clk