Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,567, James Gray, N.H.
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(3-1776)
Service  Number
NH
Gray, James
S45567
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11.054
R
New Hampshire
James Gray
of 
Epsom
in the state of N. Hampshire
who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Scammell of the N Hampshire
line, for the term of one year
Subscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 17 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of May 1819
and sent to Hon. D L Morrill
---
Goffstown Hillsborough Co NH
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10 mo. 11.91
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819
120
$331.91
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

[handwritten Notification sent to M Eastman Esq 19 July to
Amherst NH
Date of death not
on A. B. 
Discontinued]
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AD
James Gray
Captain
Col Scammels Reg
New Hamp line
Novr 1776 to 1778
on Role
[handwritten] on please for the County of Notingham
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I James Gray of Epsom in the County of Rockingham [intelligible] State of New Hampshire, testify and declare that in [underlined] the month of November 1776 I was appointed a Captain for the continental Army in the revolutionary war against great Britain in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Alexander Seammell in the New Hampshire line, that I served in said Regiment as a Captain till the month of January One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy eight when I resigned and left the Service, and I further declare that my commisseon as Captain was [intelligible] in the retreat from Ticonderoga, it being in my hat which fell into the Land of the enemy, and that from my reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my country for Support. 
April 17th 1818
                                      James Gray

State of New Hampshire [large brace/close parenthesis symbol] April 17th 1818
Rockingham L [large brace/close parenthesis symbol]  Then James Gray who subscribed the above personally appearing made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is just and true
Before me
John Harvey [large brace/close parenthesis symbol] one of the Justices of the County Court of Common pleas for the County of Rockingham
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I John Harvey of Northwood in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Rockingham aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appear to my satisfaction that the said James Gray did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the within declaration by him subscribed-
May 25th [illegible] John Harvey
By order of the Judge~
CP Chadwick Clerk
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I Michl McClary of Epsom in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Esquire and Marked for the New Hampshire [illegible] testify and declare that in the month of November 1776 I was appointed to the command of a company in the Continental Army in the revolutionary War in a Regi-
ment commanded by Alexander Scammell Esquire in the New Hampshire line and that I am well knowing that James Gray the signer of the affidavit in which this is appointed Served as a Captain in the Continental Army in the revolutionary War the full time he has declared in Said affidavit And that he is now low circumstances as to property. and in no way able to procure a living and needs the assistance of his government.
April 14th 1818
Michl. McClary
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State of New Hampshire March 14th [illegible]
Rockingham Co Then personally appearing Michael McClary Esq and made solemn oath that the written affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Before me John Harvey One of the Justices of the County Courts of Common on pleas for the County of Rockingham
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James Gray
New Hampshire
to be send to the Clerk
~11.054~Peter Chadwick Esq
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Rockingham 88.] STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ON this twenty ninth day of June A.D. 1820 personally appeared before me Hall Burgin a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Rockingham being a Court of Record, in and for the said county, having the power of fine and imprisonment, James Gray, aged Seventy years, resident of Epsom in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:  viz. as a Captain in the third New hampshire Regt. Commanded by Col. Scammell as more fully appears by his declaration made the 17th Day of April 1818 [illegible] now in Pension Office-
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SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of James Gray
(his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) , by him subscribed exhibited
to the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire, on the fourth day of 
July  1820, and annexed to his oath, viz.

Two beds & bedding $60.00
four tables 30.00
One desk 5.00
two looking Glasses 8.00
twenty four Chairs 6.00
two Carpet 12.00
five Trunk & Chests 8.00
Kitchen furniture 40.00
Crockery 20.00
Watch 5.00
Sundry Small Articles 6.00
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$200.00
James Gray
I hereby certify that the above named James Gray is not nor has he been for some years able to do any kind of
Labour, but has only been able to walk about house by being supported by a staff & to all appearance cannot continue in life for a long period
Hall Burgin
June 30th 1820
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February 18, 1933.
Mrs. N. C. Payne
719 Broadway
Pella
Iowa.
BA-J/ILL
James Gray
S. 45567

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Gray and James Gray, soldiers
of New Hampshire in the Revolutionary War.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and fails to show a claim for pension
or bounty land on file on account of service of a William Gray who
served from New Hampshire or applied for pension while a resident
of that state.
The record of James Gray given below is obtained from the
papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45567, based
upon his service in that war; it is the record of the only soldier
of that name who served in the New Hampshire troops found on the
Revolutionary War records of this office.
James Gray was appointed in November, 1776, Captain in
Colonel Alexander Scammell's 3"" New Hampshire Regiment, served as
such and was in the retreat from Ticonderoga, and resigned January,
1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, at which time he resided in Epsom, Rockingham County, New
hamshire.
In 1820, while residing in said Epsom, New Hampshire, he gave his age as seventy years; he referred then to his wife, aged sixty-seven years, her name not given, and to the following children:
one son, Moses P. Gray, aged forty years, and three daughters,
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Catherine, Lucretia B., and Judith P. Gray, aged thirty-six, thirty-four and thirty-one years. There are no further data
relative to date and place of birth of the soldier or his wife.
or of any of the children in the papers on file in this claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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our request of ..
received ..
it of the military history of James Gray
the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
tion as contained in his [crossed out (or his widow's)] application for pension on 
file in this Bureau.
S45,567
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Nov. 1776
Resigned
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
January 1778
RANK.
Captin
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
Alexander Scammell
STATE.
N. H.
Battles engaged in 
[illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apl 17, 1818 his [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Epson Rockingham Co, N. H. 
Age at date of application, in 1820, Sixty [illegible]
Remarks: In 1820 he stated that the
[illegible] of his family, including with him, a wife aged 67 years (name not stated) + Children, Moses P. 40 years, Catherine, Lucretia B. Judith P. Gay aged 36, 34 & 31 years
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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H. C. Panne, M. D.
Pella, on
Jan 30 1932
Directer of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir
Some time ago I wrote to the office of the Adjutant General for some information concerning the following
soldiers

William Gray o NH a private from Barrington Strafford County, New Hampshire. He served in Captain Benjamin Tallmadge's company in Colonel Enoch Poors (2 ) Regiment 
Also James Gray only NH, a private in Captain Richard Dawes Company New Hampshire
the War Department office referred me to the Pension Department in the possibility that you might be able to give me some further information
I am anxious to get the name of the wife and 
mother of Will Gray if they are shown in your records. 
Thanking you for any information in regard to these men
Yours very truly
Mrs. H.C. Payne
719 Broadway
Pella Iowa
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Madison, Maine
Dec. 31- 1917
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
[revolution illegible]
Dear Sir
Did any of the
following men ever receive pensions
S45,567 - [illegible ac 70] 1820, born about 1750
Capt. James Gray, on muster rolls of
Field and Commissioned Officers
3rd Battallion of N.H. commanded
by Col. Alexander Scammell 1778
Placed on pension rolls May 25, 1819
pension suspended. May. 1 1825
Solomon Gray not saw of above of Capt. James Gray
enlisted at Barrington, N.H. April
17 - 1781. Private in N. H. Court. Fine
On Pension Roll Sept 7 - 1819
57 in 1818 - born about 1761
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1st, Lieut. Geo. or Griswold
of Windsor
Corn (1737-1823). Left widow
Azuba, who died 1826.
In Col Ward's regt. 1776. Joined Washington
Army in N.Y. in August at Fort Lee,
marching to White Plains, afterwards
to New Jersey in Battle of Trenton
Dec. 25 - 1796 and at Princeton
Jan. 3- 1777, and encamped with
Washington at Morristown N.J.
until term expired in May 1777
Can you tell me anything more
of the families of these men
Yours Truly
(Mrs. C.S.) Grace Collis Humphreys
Madison
160 Main St.
Maine
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FILE WITH CASE.
Jno
45567[illegible]
Mr. Bryant
Chief, Old War and Navy Division:
In the case of Captain James Gray,
who is said to have enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Epsom, N. H., please furnish the military record of the soldier
to Charles W. Brown, No. 25 King Street, Worcester, Mass., through
Hon. J. H. Gallinger.
First
Deputy Commissioner.
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May 5, 1904 His to
Chas. W. Brown
Worster Mass (T.D.)
1918 Jany. 5. Hist to Mrs. C.S.
Humphreys
1933. Feb. 18. Hist to Mrs. C. Payne I L R
Revy
45567
INVALID.
File No. 45567
James Gray
Capt Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]