Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2, 402, John Bray, New Jersey
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County on the six
teenth day of May in the year of or Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared be-
fore me Ezra Sharup one of the Justices of the Peace in &
for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid —

John Bray a resident of the Township of Kingwood
in the County of Hunterdon aforesaid being unable from bod-
ily infirmity to attend the Court 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 Con-
gress passed June 7 1832. He was born in the said Town
ship of Kingwood the 15th of November 1750 [6?]. His age
is recorded in his family Bible. He resided in said Town
ship when he first entered the service of the United States. He
removed into Pennsylvania about 5 or 6 years ^the R. War and remained there^
14 years when he returned to Kingwood where he has resided
ever since. He has no Documentary evidence to prove his
services. He never received any written discharge -
	From old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot
state the precise time of his service nor the order nor date
of his tours - The militia was divided into classes and each class
went a trip of a month in rotation. I served
at the following places and number of towns an-
nexed[?], at Staten Island 1 tour, at Woodbridge 3 tours,
at Elizabethtown 2 tours, at Hackensack 1 tour. The tour
to Staten Island was summer of 1776. He thinks
the others he cannot recollect the date of. In these towns
Samuel [Groeuendycke?] was his Captain, his inferior officers
he cannot recollect. He served also tours at the followin
g places under Captain Ely. George Holcombe Lieutenant
at Paramus 1 tour, at Patterson 1 tour at Pompton 1 tour
at Smith farms 1 tour. I recollect that at Pompton we
were often fired upon by ^some of^ the inhabitant, who were Torie.
He also served at Raritan 1 tour, at Springfield 1 tour, at
Amboy 1 tour, at Communipaw 1 tour at Princeton 1 tour
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the day after the battle there. The names of the Captains I can
not affix to the several tours. He was under Captains Bray
Johnson & Hope. Our Major was Chamberlin our Colonel
a great part of the time David Chambers. I think he
was promoted to be Major or Colonel. He also thinks he was
out 1 tour under Captain George Holcombe his Lieutenant [indecipherable]
Capt Ely Dickenson was our General. I recollect seeing
him well. I also recollect seeing General Heard. He rode a
noble fierce horse When at Paramus we were marched
towards the North River Upon an alarm of a [indecipherable]
before we arrived they had [??tioned] back and we marched
back again - He was also at the Battle of Ger
mantown in Pennsylvania. He enlisted for two
months. There were several from New Jersey who enlisted
in the same service our Captain was Henry Lott.
He has forgotten the names of his regimental officers. [inserted: Forman was our General]
We marched from Newtown Pa to Philadelphia. We
took about 100 prisoners English & Hessians & Green coats to
Easton gaol. From Easton we returned. we then went
to Chester County and from Chester we joined the army
at Germantown the day of the battle. I was in that
engagement where the bullets fell pretty thick They fired
on us with two field pieces but they fired too high to in
jure us I think we were under General Putnam. I
had a half-brother killed in that battle. We retreated
west of the ground. After the two months were up I re
turned home. I think from Chester County and service in
my own State some of the tours mentioned above.
Those above mentioned tours were as a militia man
I have not mentioned all my tours from want
of memory but I can safely say I was out nearer three
years than two. John Woolverton can testify to some of
my services - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that
my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agent of
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any State.

[signed] John BraySworn and subscriber this					
16the day of May 1833
before me