Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40192, for Neal Murry, Pennsylvania
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Continental Penn
Murry, Neal    S40192
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4712 
Ohio

Neal Murry
private
Capt Miller Pen'n 4
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio 
at the rate of 8. dollars per month, to comence on the 18th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of Nov 1818
and sent to Andrew LIvingston, Esq'r. 
Judge State of Ohio
West Union

Arrears to 4th of Sep'r. 1818  4 17/30 $36.53
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 May 1819. $48.
[Total] $84.53

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
3 years
Continued

[crosswritten]
Notification sent November 9, 1820 to David C Bryan, Williamsburg, Ohio.
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102

Neal Murry
4.772
application

30 Novem. 1818

Mar '19

David C Bryan,
Williamsburg, Ohio
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The State of Ohio }
Clermont County } S s.
On this 14th day of August 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, being the Court of Common pleas within & for said County, and also being a Court of record which have the power of fine and Imprisonment) Neal Murry aged Seventy two Years, resident in said County, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows (to wit) in the eighth Pennsylvania regiment Commanded by Col. McCoy, & afterwards by Lieut Col Wilson Then by Major Richard Butler, who was succeeded in Command by Col Danl Broadhead & in the company Commanded by Captn James Porter ^company of Artillery, in the regt commanded by Col Lamb^ & afterwards in the Company Commanded by Captn John Clark, in the Pennsylvania line & that he was notified of his being inscribed on The pension list roll of the Ohio agency, at eight Dollars per month, commencing on the 18th day of April 1818. by a pension Certificate No 4712. bearing date the 30th day of December 1818. & 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 manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with Intent thereby
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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" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have Not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securitys, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any Income ^other^ than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me Subscribed to wit_ 
 1 Cow and Calf Valued at ____________ $
4 Sheep 1 Washing tub & Small pot __at_ 
1 Bake oven a set tea cups & causers _at_ 
1 old Chest 1 old table _______________ at 
4 knifes 4 forks & 2 tin cups __________at ____$25.00 

& that he is a weaver by profession, but owing to age, and bodily infirmity, is unable to do but very little toward supporting himself, that he has none in family except his wife Elizabeth aged 74 years, but owing to great age, and being very weakly is unable to do but very little towards their support- 

Sworn to and 
Subscribed before the 
Court aforsd this 14th day 
of Augt 1820- 

Neal his mark Murry 

I David C. Bryan Clerk of the Court
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of Common pleas aforsd do hereby certify That the foregoing oath, & the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copyed from The record of the said Court, & 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 is Twenty five Dollars 

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Said Court this 22nd day of August 1820- 
David C. Bryan Clk 
Court of Common pleas Clerm County Ohio
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(3-1776)

SERVICE_________________________NUMBER
Continental____Murry, Neal______S.40192
Penn
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Personally apeared before me an associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Adams and State of Ohio Neal Murry and on oath declares that he Served three years a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war against the Common enemy that he enlisted the 12th day of August 1776 in Capt Samuel Millers Company of the eight Pensylvania Regiment Commanded By Col. McCoy afterwards by Lieut Col Wilson then by Major Richard Butler who was Succeeded in Command by Col Daniel Broadhead and that sometime in the Spring of 1777 he was atached to Capt James Porters Company of artillery in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Lamb and in June 1778 was reatched to his former Regiment and Company afterwards Commanded by Capt John Clark and drove waggon in Sd [Said] Regiment to pittsburgh and fort Mcintosh where he was stationed until ^in^ agst 1779 when his time expired But did not Receive his discharge he believes till october that his discharge was Signed by Lieut Col. Byrd [Bayard] and that he has since lost it. he also declares under Oath that he never Recd any pension an
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Relinquishes all former Claims, and that from adverse circumstances in life old age and infirmity he is now induced by the act of Congress passed on the 8th of March 1818 for the Relief of Surviving officers and Soldiers of the Revolution to ask for the benefit of Sd [said] act 
Neal Murry
State of Ohio Adams County Ss
I certify that the foregoing deposition of Neal Murry was this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and I further certify that the said Neal Murry has satisfied me by examination under Oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition are strictly true; that he served in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy and that from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support this last fact I also certify from my own knowledge Given under my hand and seal this 18th day of April 1818 
Andrew Livingston {Seal}
State of Ohio Adams County Ss 
I Joseph Darlinton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Andrew Livingston Esqr before whom the foregoing deposition of Neal Murry was taken and who has signed the above certificate was at at the time of signing the same and still is a Judge of the Court of Common
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Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and quallified and that full faith and credit is due to his said Certificate and all other Official acts by him done as well in Courts of Justice hereunto[o] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union this 21st day of April in the year of our Lord 1818 
Joseph Darlinton
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section

March 26, 1926


Honorable Thomas L. Rubey,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Rubey:
   In response to your letter of the twenty-fourth instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40192, it appears that Neal Murry enlisted August 12, 1776, served as a private in Captain Samuel Miller's Company, Colonel Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, was transferred in the spring of 1777, to Captain James Porter's Company, Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Continental Artillery, transferred in June 1778 to Captain John Clark's Company of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and served as Wagoner, until discharged in August 1779.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed April 18, 1818. In 1820 he was living in Clermont Co., Ohio and stated that he was seventy-two years old and that his wife Elizabeth was seventy-four years of age. There is no further data on file as to family and the dates of his birth and death are not on record.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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State of Ohio
Adams County Ss Personally appeared before me Sam Treat one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Adams aforesaid Nicholas Blake, who being of lawful age and duly sworn deposeth and saith that Neal Murry was a private soldier in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy [six?] in the Eighth Regiment, of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Col. McCoy afterwards by Leut. Col. Wilson then by Major Richard Batten who was succeeded in command by Col. Daniel Broadhead in the company of Capt. Samuel [Miller?], then by Capt. John Blank, and that he served three years as a private soldier in that Regiment, and further this deponent saith not
Nick Blake
Sworn to and subscribed this thirteenth day of October in the year 1818. Given under my hand and seal
Sam [Treat] [illegible]
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I Sam Treat Justice of the peace in and for the County of Adams aforesaid do further certify that Nicholas Blake the written deponent is a person with whom I am well acquainted and is a respectable and intelligent citizen, and that his character for truth and veracity cannot be questioned but would be received in all the Court of [ ] in this state, given under my hand and seal the 18th Day of October 1818
Sam Treat [ ]
The State of Ohio Adams County [ ]
I Joseph Darlinton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in [ ] the County aforesaid do hereby that Samuel Treat Esq. whose name is Subscribed to the above Certificate and also to the within Deposition of Nicholas Blake was at the time of signing each of [whom?] and still is a Justice of the Peace in D
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for the County aforesaid duly Commisioned & qualified and that full faith and credit is due to his said Certificate as well in Courts of Justice as [ ] In Testimony whereof I have [ ] set my hand and affixed the said Court at West Union this 5th day of November in the year of our Lord 1818 and the 16th year of this state
Joseph Darlinton
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The state of Ohio ss
Brown County
This Day Personally came before me Robt Allen one of the acting justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid--John Dye of the County aforesaid who being Duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and sayeth that Neal Murry of the County aforesaid [illegible] in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in Ausust in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy [illegible] in Captain Sameul Miller's Company in the Eighth Pennsylvany Regiment Commanded by Colonel -- McCoy and that the said Neal Murry served in the said company and Regiment faithfully untill he was Discharged by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Bayard Commandent of said Regiment in September one thousand seven Hundred and seventy Nine and further this Deponent sayeth not
John his Dye
      mark
sworn to and subscribed this 20 Day of October 1818. Robt Allen/Justice of the Peace
and I further Certify that John Dye the Deponent above Mentioned is a man with who i am acquainted is a creditable witness and a man of Respectability whose testimony would be received as evidence in our Courts of Record given under my hand and seal this 20th Day of October 1818.  Robt Allen J. P. seal
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State of Ohio
Brown County, I Abraham Shepherd clerk of the
Court of Common pleas within and for
the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert
Allen Esquire before whom the within
deposition was
taken now is and was at the time of taking the same
one of the Justices of the peace within and for the
County aforesaid duly commissioned and quallified [qualified]
and that full faith and credit is and ought to be
given to
all his official acts as such  In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said
court at Ripley this 21st day of [illegible]
October 1818
Abraham 
Shepherd Clk B.C
Abraham
John [illegible]
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West Union
6 Nov.
Honble J. C. Calhoun
Secy of the Department of War
Washington City

[upper right] Free
[vertically over address] Admitted
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West Union O. Nov. 5. 1818
Sir
I have the honor to return to
you Neal Murry's Deposition which I
recd. enclosed with others under date of the 14th
Ult. Mr. Murry has procured the depositions of two respectable Witnesses to prove that
the service was performed and herewith in
closed you will show
I am very respectfully
Your Obdt. Srvt
Joseph Darlinton
Honble J.C. Calhoun
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[center portion]
40192
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 40,192
Neal Murry
Priv Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 358
([Arrangement of 1870.])

[right portion]
1906 May 24 Hist. to
J.C. Sutton 
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1906 Dec. 5
Letter to Mrs. Mary Aiton.
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Dec. 27, 1906. Copy
of Nicholas Blake's
affidavit made
by secretary to
Congressman Charles
R. Davis, of St.
Peter, Minnesota,
C.M.B.
___________
1913 May 23. History to
Mrs. J. E. Reed
______________
1926 Mar. 26 Hist to 
Hon Thos. L. Rubey aw
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JAMES T. MERRYMAN
JESSE C. SUTTON
MERRYMAN & SUTTON
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Rooms 1, 2, 3, over on Adams County Bank.
DECATUR, INDIANA.
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
5 / 17 / 06.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please to send me information relative to the enlistment
and record of one Neal Murray as a Revolutionary soldier, I understand
he was from Vermont, but as to this am not certain. I understand he was
at one time a pensioner.
Yours very truly, J. C. Sutton
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Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs
St Peter Minnesota
Nov. 17. 1906-
Commissioner of Pensions.
Will you please send me a copy of
an affidavit on file in your office, which a friend
saw in 1902. The affidavit was made in West Union Ohio, in favor of Neil Murray by Nicholas Blake saying he was in the 8th Pa. Regiment Col. McCoy and
Lieut Col. Wilson Maj. Richard Butler, Capt of
the Co. was James Parter - The affidavit was
made Aug. 14, 1820
This is the only end we know of to establish the
proof that Nicholas Blake was a Revolution soldier as

his record in Pa. was destroyed by fire.
I desire this to join the D.A.R. and hope you will be
kind enough to send me a certified copy of the
affidavit of my great grandfather Nicholas Blake
Thanking you for the same I am
Respectfully-
Mrs Mary Aiton
St Peter
Minnesota
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Bureau of Pensions
O. W. I. File No. 40, 192,
Neal Murry.
Jan. 8, 1907.
A Mr. Evans from Ohio called up these papers to-day
and stated that the purpose of his inquiry was to ascertain
whether Nicholas Blake, a witness in this claim, had ever
made claim for pension himself. He stated also that he had
found, in the Pennsylvania Archives in the Congressional Library,
proof that Nicholas Blake did serve for three years in the same
company with Neal Murry, to which records interested
parties should be referred if there is further inquiry regarding
the service of Nicholas Blake.
Bryant
Chief, O. W. & N. Division.
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Farmers Trust Company
10 EAST MARKET STREET
INDIANAPOLIS
May 15, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir: -
I am sending you copy of the document issued by your
Office May 24, 1906, with references therein made to records
& c. in the Pension Department.
This soldier was my father's great grandfather. I wish
you would issue me the same document, of which this is a copy.
If there are charges, I will remit in advance.
Thanking you for your kindness, I am

Respectfully,
Mrs. J.E. Reed
1605 Broadway,
Indianapolis,
Indiana
Enclosure
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THOS. L. RUBEY
16TH DIST. MISSOURI
House of Representatives
Committee on Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
Hon Winfield Scott,
March 24, 1926
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
If, possible I wish you would give me the
Revolutionary history, the date of his birth and the date of his death, of Neal Murray, who I understand was pensioner.
Neal Murray served in the Eighth Regiment,
Pennsylvania Continental Line, Captain Miller's
Company in 1777.
Thanking you in advance for this courtesy,
I am,
Yours truly,
Thos. L. Rubey
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Neal Murry
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 40. 192

[Table]
Dates of enlistment Aug 12, 1776
Length of Service  for3 years
Rank Pri.
Captain Samuel Miller
Colonel Mackey
State 8th Pa.

Dates of enlistment Spr 1777
Captain James Porter
Colonel Lamb
State Continental duty

Dates of enlistment June 1778 to Aug 1779
Rank Wagoner
Captain John Clark
State 8th Pa

Battles engaged in, none mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment not stated
Date of application for pension Apr 18, 1818
Residence at date of application, in 1820: Clermont, Co. , Ohio
Age at date of application seventy years [struck out]
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Elizabeth aged 74 years.  No further family data.
Only Neal Murry (Murray) Rev. War.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Mrs. Mary Aiton,
St. Peter, Minn.
Madam:
Dec. 7, 1906.
in reply to your letter dated the 17th ultimo and received
on the 19th, you are advised that a careful search of the records
of this Bureau fails to show a claim for pension filed
on account of the services of Nicholas Blake in the War of the
Revolution,
This Bureau cannot furnish full copies of the papers on
file, and upon examination of the affidavit of Nicholas Blake,
filed in the claim of Neil Murry, it appears that the said
Blake did not state that he himself rendered any service in the
Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Hon. G. W. Cromer,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Cromer;
In reply to your letter dated the 25th instant, and received this day, relative to the military history of one Neal Murray, a soldier in the War of the Revolution, I have the honor to advise you that a transcript of the same was furnished to Mr. J. C. Sutton, of Decatur, Indiana under date of May 24, 1906.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.