Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38771, Isaac Gregory, N.C.
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SERVICE   N.C
Gregory, Isaac
NUMBER S 38771
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[on left page written along right edge] Notification sent 18 July 1821 to Geo. W. Earle, Greenville SC

8923
South Carolina Roll.
Isaac Gregory,
of Greenville [illegible] in the state of So. Carolina who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Martin of the No. Carolina line, for the term of five years.  War

Inscribed on the Roll of So. Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8. of November 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3. of April 1819 and sent to G.W. Earle, [illegible] Greenville C.H. So. Ca.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819....31. 16
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept. 4.1819.. 48. "
Arr. 3 mo 23/30  11/31   $79.16

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

[handwritten at bottom of page] Continued
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The State of South Carolina 
Greenville District to  [illegible]

on this 8th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the State aforesaid, personally appears Isaac Gregory aged about sixty years, resident in Greenville District in the said State, who being by [illegible] first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the [illegible] [illegible Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the revolutionary war." That he the said Isaac Gregory entitled in Pasquotauk County in the State of South Carolina and in the Second North Carolina Regiment Commanded by Col Martin; The Second North Carolina  State Regiment of the Continental line and of General Hogan's Brigade. That he continued to serve in said corps [words struck through] over the service of the united states[strike through ends] until the war ended. And that he was in the Battles of Charleston and Hillsborough and that he was taken prisoner at the former and exchanged at Jamestown in Virginia. Having served honorably in the Revolutionary war from the time of the Battle of the great Bridge, till the war closed,; when he was discharged at Charleston South Carolina; That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence, now in his [illegible] of his said services sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Richard Gauth  
his mark [hand drawn X] Isaac Gregory
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The State of South Carolina Greenville District [illegible]

Personally appeared Gen John Blasingame of the said District and being [illegible] duly sworn makes oath that he is, and has been for six of seven years  [three words in sentence below six of seven years marked through and are illegible] acquainted with Isaac Gregory who had made the within Declaration, 
during all which time, he has supported the character of a man of honesty and veracity and this deponent verily believes, the said Declaration to be true in substance and this deponent further saith that he personally [illegible] unto the situation and circumstances of the said Isaac Gregory and believes him to be in reduced circumstances and stands in need of this assistance of his country for support. 
Sworn before me this 8th day [illegible] November 1818  [signed next to the date] John  Blasingame
[signed] RGauth
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[upper hand left corner] copy
Schedule [symbol} and 
District of South Carolina, to wit

On this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred [symbol] and twenty one, personally appeared in open court, being a court of Record of General Sessions of the Peace, [symbol] and common pleas, held for the district of Greenville, in the State of South Carolina by [symbol] and before Daniel E Hugler, Esquire one of the associate Judges of the said state, Isaac Gregory aged, say sixty [illegible] or seventy years, resident in Greenville district in the said State, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit enlisted for during the war, in the year 1777 or 1778, he supposes (but that his memory is as treacherous he cannot remember) in Pasquitank County in the state of South Carolina, in the company commanded by Capt Manlove Tarrant in the  second Regiment commanded by Col Martin in the time of the state of No. Carolina in the continental establishment was transferred to the company commanded by Capt Chas [Charles] Hall, [symbol] and afterwards by Robt Fenner under the command of Col Pattin, that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until peace was concluded, [symbol] was honorably discharged at Charleston, So. Ca [South Carolina] by Gen Hogan (he believed) that he was in the battles of Charleston [symbol] and other skirmishes that his former declaration was made on or about the 8th of November 1818, and has no other evidence now in his [illegible] of his said services, except what he has heretofore rendered to the War Department, being now a pensioner under the said act of Congress of 18th March 1818 by virtue of a certificate from the war office No. 8923 dated 3d of April 1819 And in persuance [pursuance] of the Act or May 1st 1820. I Isaac Gregory do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen, of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of any property or any part there of with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled on act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land [symbol] and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th March one thousand eight hundred [symbol] and eighteen
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Eighteen, and that I have not [illegible] any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereinto annexed and by me subscribed. To wit, 
[illegible], 3 year old [illegible], worth about six dollars  $ 6 . " 
2 axes [symbol] and one mattock 3 . "
some earthen plates [symbol] and one dishes 3
two knives [symbol] and one fork  - 12 1/2
one broken oven [symbol] and kettle 1 "
2 pails [symbol] and a small barrel - 75
2 pocket knives 37 cts one old plough 75 cts 1 . 12 1/2
Debts due to me abt $5
[total of list of items] $15 [add the $5 debt]
$20
Debts against me which I owe about $25
his mark [hand drawn x] Isaac Gregory
The said Isaac Gregory further swears that he has no family and is so infirm from age [symbol] and other causes, that he is unable to maintain himself by manual labour farming being his only occupation; [symbol] and that he cannot support himself without the assistance of his country being now merily dependant on the charity of his good neighborers. his mark [hand drawn x] Isaac Gregory Sworn to and declared before me the 4" day of April one thousand eight hundred [symbol]and twenty one, in open court. Daniel E. Huger  I do hereby certify that I know of nothing to induce me to doubt the correctness of this schedule, [symbol] and  I believe the same to be correct. Daniel E. Huger
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December 19, 1912
Hon. John H. Small, 
House of Representatives. 
My dear Mr. Small: 
In response to your letter dated the [illegible] eighteenth instant, and received this day, I have the honor to furnish you the military history of the only Isaac Gregory of the North Carolina troops in the Revolution, found on the records of this Bureau. 
Isaac Gregory, Sur. File No. 38,771, Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed November 8, 1818, at which time he was about sixty years of age and a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina. He stated that he enlisted in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, in the Second North Carolina regiment, as a Private in Captain Manlove Tarrant's company, under Colonel Martin, was transferred to Captain Clem Hall's company, and afterwards to Captain Robert Fenner's company, under Colonel Patton in the same regiment. 
He was in skirmishes at Hillsborough and other places, was taken prisoner at the battle of Charleston, South Carolina exchanged at Jamestown, Virginia, and finally discharged at Charleston, South Carolina, having served from the time of
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the battle of the Grant Bridge until peace was declared. 
There is no family data on file. 
For the date of last payment of soldier's pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for [illegible] Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data: 
Isaac Gregory, Certificate No. 8,923, issued April 3, 1819, under the [illegible] of March 18, 1818, at the South Carolina Agency. 
Very respectfully, 
J. L. Davenport. 
Commissioner.
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served 5 years to the close of the war say from '78 to 83.
tim [time] of entering the service should be stated
if in state  [illegible] [illegible] within he would not be entitled
Adm
Sent to [illegible] Esquire for proof of service
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State of South Carolina
I Richard Gantt one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas and Sessions for the State afore said, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Isaac Gregory did service in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding declaration, in the Continental line, against the common enemy; and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and the testimony, taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War. Pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress, in such case made and provided  
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court this 8th day of November AD 1818
[signed] Richard Gantt

South Carolina 
Greenville District 
Clerks office
I George W, Earle clerk of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for the said district do certify that Richard Ganntt Esquire who has signed the above certificate is one of the Judges of the court of Sessions [symbol] and Common Pleas for the State aforesaid duly appointed commissioned [symbol] and sword. Given under my hand [symbol] and public seal of office this 12th of December AD 1818
[signed] G.W. Earle CC
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State of No. Carolina, secretarys office [words cut off when document scanned]
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears from the musterrolls [muster rolls] of the No. Carolina Continental Line in the revolutionary war, that Isaac Gregory, a private soldier was in said Line in April 1778, enlisted for three years in the 10th Regiment, but as to the length of time he served or the Captain's Company to which he belonged nothing is said
Given under my hand the date above
[signed] Wm Hill
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State of No. Carolina, secretary's office 18th Feb 1819.
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears from the musterrolls [muster rolls] of the No. Carolina Continental Line in the revolutionary war, that Isaac Gregory, a private soldier was in said Line in April 1778, enlisted for three years in the 10th Regiment, but as to the length of time he served or the Captain's Company to which he belonged nothing is said
Given under my hand the date above
[signed] Wm Hill
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Isaac Gregory
Schedule for 
8923 - Sept 1819
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South Carolina  To wit
Greenville District 
As a Court of Session and Common Pleas held for the district of Greenville, I George W. Earle Clerk of the Court for the district of Greenville a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule does not exceed two hundred dollars. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the Office of the said Court the fifth day of April anno Domini 1821.
Geo W. Earle  G.D. 
[clerk's seal faintly visible next to the In testimony paragraph]
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Isaac Gregory
Ele as Earle

Jan 2 1819
rolls of North Ca incomplete
[date and rolls of North Ca incomplete appear lighter on page. Written in pencil?]
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The State of South Carolina Greenville District
Personaly appeared before one Jacob Hytle and made oath upon the [illegible] [illegible] of all might god, that he knew Isaac Gregory in the year of one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and that he served as a regular solgier [soldier] under Captian Mantove Tarrant and the said Jacob Hytter further sayith that he and the said Isaac Gregory marched from  halifax in North Carolina to the Valley forge in the State of pennsylvania and thau joind [joined] head quarters. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 day of November 1818
Abs Thompson
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South Carolina Greenville District
To wit
I George W. Earle clerk of the Court of Sessions and common Pleas for the said district do Certify that Absalom Thompson Esquire who has given the within Certificate was at the time and still is a Justice of the peace duly appointed sworn [symbol] and acting for the said district, [symbol] and that his certificate is entitled to full faith [symbol] and credit - Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 12h of Dec 1818
[signed] GW Earle CC
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COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
December 18th, 1912. 
Hon. James L. Davenport, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
City. 
Dear Sir:-
I will thank you to kindly have search made and ascertain if your records contain any information relative to the life and service of one Isaac Gregory, of Camden County, North Carolina. He served in the Revolutionary War. I am anxious to obtain all the information available relative to this soldier. 
Awaiting reply at your early convenience, I am, 
Yours very truly, 
John Small
M.C.
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38771
INVALID
Revy
File No. 38,771
Isaac Gregory
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol 8, Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870]
[top right side of page] 1912 Dec. 19 Hist to Hon John H. Small [letter c with line through it]