Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1596, Joseph Gregory, Conn.
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SERVICE                                            NUMBER

Connt               Gregory, Joseph       W 1596
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Albany  30,294
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Joseph Gregory
Of Chenango Co in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company  commanded by Captain Hoyt of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Wells in the Con, militia 
line for 8 months & 7 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 27 Dollars 43 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Decr. 1835 and sent to Henry C.  Mygatt, Oxford, Chenango Co, N.Y.
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Arrears to the 4th pf Sept. '35.        123.46
Semi-anl. allowance ending             13.21
March '36.                                      ________
                                                    $ 136.67
                                   {Revolutionary Claim
                                     Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown    Clerk,
Book E - 2 -   Vol/ 4   Page 26      


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Letter
Hon Hugh White 18 May 1850
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Date if 
death not 
known
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ALBANY   [illegible date]
Deborah Gregory
widow of Joseph Gregory
who served in the Revolutionary 
War as a Private 8 months  in the Connecticut line
______________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
27 Dollars 43 
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of May [March is crossed out], 1849 when died
______________________
Certificate of Pension issued on 14th day of October 1849
and sent to
  Edward W. Lee
   Ballston
                NY

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
July 29, 1848   Page 74   Vol 1  Book A
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State of New York
  .... County} Js
On this 20thd day of November 1835, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Chindaga[?]  of the State of New York, now sitting at [illegible] in said County of Chindaga [illegible word]  Robert Monell Vice Chancellor of the Fourth Circuit, Joseph Gregory a resident of  Guilford in the said County of Chindaga and State of New York, aged 77 years, 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 Congress passed June 7th, 1832: That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and  served as having stated.               
                6 months enlistment in 1778
That as he believes in August 1779 living in Norwalk in the State of Connecticut he volunteered and enlisted in Captain Hoyts Company of Ateliers (Artillery) Lieutenant Hubbel, Ensign Sagot, enrolled for 6 months. Soon after Enlistment the Company [illegible] at Danbury in the State of Connecticut, Colonel Wells Commanded the Regiment. Canfield was the lieutenant, Clark Major Srgnt, they marched to Horseneck [sic] and from there to White Plains on that attack and then marched back to Horseneck    that most of the time they were stationed at Horseneck guarding the lines, that he served in active service under said  [illegible]  five months and one week [last five words underlined] when he received a regular discharge and returned home to Norwalk aforesaid -
         3 months served in 1780
That about the first day of July 1780 he was drafted for 3 months in Captain Hoyts.. Company of Militia Lieutenant Raymond, Ensign Raymond, that he with said Company soon after drafted [illegible] at Wilton in Connecticut, that when drafted he resided in Norwalk aforesaid, that from Wilton they marched to Horse Neck to guard the lines, that they sometimes marched to White Plains and Stamford but made head quarters at Horseneck.  that he served much of the time of his enlistment  3 months was discharged and returned home.  To the 1st interrogators prescribed by the War Department, he answers that he was born at Norwalk Connecticut, September 31, 1750.
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To the 2nd Interrogator [underlined] answer that he had a record of his age which was burned that his house was burned

To the 3d     answer  [underlined]  that he lived at Norwalk when called into service, that since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Saratoga, Oxford and Guilford in that State, that he now lives at said town of Guilford.

To the 4th    answer  [underlined]    that he was drafted for 3 months and volunteered for 6 months as aforesaid and he that he never was a Substitute.

To the 5th [underlined] answer, that Genl Arnold & Col Wells were  regular officers with the troops where he served   that he [illegible] at  Continental or Militia Regiments except Col Wells, Beebe  and Canfield, and that the general circumstances of his service  [word  obliterated] above as fully related as he can recollect.

To the 6th  [underlined]  answer, that he received a written discharge from his six months service which was burned with his house; said discharge was signed or [illegible] by the [illegible] Colonel Wells

To the 7th [underlined]  answer, That Samuel A Smith Esq. Sheriff of Chenango, Abner Gilbert Esq late Justice of the Peace reside in his main neighborhood and know him, that they can testify as to his character for veracity and they believe of his service as a soldier of the Revolution


That three of us Clergymen in his town or neighborhood with wherein he is  acquainted, that he could not procure  the attendance of two acceptable persons in Court as he lives about 20 miles distant from that Court.   That he has delayed his application for a pension until this late day hoping to find further proof of his service that he has no documentary evidence except the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut hereto accorded and that he believes of sd person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to
his service except William Patchin whose affidavit is annexed.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever [word inserted] to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency for any State.
                   [Signed] Joseph Gregory
Sworn to and Subscribed 
the day and year aforesaid}
[Signed]  Robt. Monell
       Vice Chanceller
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State of New York
County of Saratoga} Js    Be it know [ ink blot] Augustin Bockes Saratoga County Judge, in, and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Deborah Gregory a resident of Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York, aged eighty nine years , & since October 1849; who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath makes the following declaration in order to receive the Benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 29th day of July 1848 Entitled and Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.

That she is the widow of Joseph Gregory late of Wilton in the County of Saratoga and State of New York

That according to the best of her knowledge information or belief, her late husband , the said Joseph Gregory, during the period of the revolutionary War, resided in WIlton in the County of Saratoga and that Fairfield in the State of Connecticut where he resided when he entered into the service of the United States, and served as a private of Infantry, as stated in his declaration for a Pension on which a Certificate was issued in his favor for twenty nine dollars and [blank] cents per annum -
And she further declares that her said husband Joseph Gregory was at the time of his death, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the annual rate above mentioned, to wit: twenty nine dollars and [blank] cents; and died on the 12th day of August 1849
And she further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Gregory on the twenty eighth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and weighty one, and that her name before marriage was Deborah Jackson and her place of residence Wilton in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut

And she further declares that she has not since entered into marriage but continues to be the Widow of said Joseph Gregory deceased, and now resides in Ballston in the County of Saratoga and State of New York. 
                                                     her
                                     Deborah    X    Gregory
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Subscribed and sworn this 22nd day
of July 1850 before me
[Signed]  A. Bockes
Sar. Co. Judge
Wilton Aaron Nash
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State of New York
County of Saratoga} Js   and I the Judge named within do certify that it appears fully to my satisfaction, that the applicant Deborah Gregory within named, is unable to appear in Court on account of bodily infirmities incidental in extreme old age, and I further certify that these words were entered on the 16th line within before sworn, and that she is unable to sign her name because she is feeble, her hands palzied and she is therefore entirely unable to write.
           [Signed]  A Bockes
                          Sa Co Judge

State of New York
County of Saratoga Js

I, James W. Horton, Clerk of the Saratoga County Courts, do hereby certify that Augustus Bockes was at the date of the foregoing declaration County Judge in and for the said County as above, and the signature therein purporting to be his, is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed  my Seal  of office this 111th [sic] day of August
in the Year 1850
   [Signed] James W. Horton Clerk


[Written vertically, bottom right]                                  
                                      Deborah Gregory
                                         declaration
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August 8, 1932

Mrs. Doris Gregory Taylor  
Los Angeles, California  

Dear Madam:  

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Gregory, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who lived in Canisteo and Saratoga Counties, New York.  

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1604, based upon the military service of Joseph Gregory in that war.  

Joseph Gregory was born September 23, 1756, place not stated.  

While residing in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, he volunteered in August 1776, and served five months and one week as a private in Captain Lockwood’s Company, Colonel Wolcott’s Connecticut Regiment, enlisted July 1, 1780, and served three months in Captain Betts’s Connecticut Company. It is stated that he also lived at Wilton, Connecticut, during the Revolution.  

After the Revolution, he lived in Saratoga and Oxford, New York.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 30, 1833, while residing in Guilford, Chenango County, New York.  

He died August 18, 1840, at Milton, Saratoga County, New York.  

Soldier married March 28, 1781, in Wilton, Connecticut, Deborah Jackson. She was then of said Wilton.  

Soldier’s widow, Deborah, was allowed pension on her application executed July 22, 1850, at which time she was aged eighty-three years and resided in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York.
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Children of Joseph and Deborah Gregory are survived [Unlegible]
In order to obtain the
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                   33,669

    Joseph Gregory
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this the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the
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State of New York
Chenango County}Ss.
We Abner Gilbert and Abiram Mills residing in Guilford in said county of Chenango, hereby [illegible] that we are well acquainted with Joseph Gregory who is an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832, that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that we never heard any doubt expressed as to his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Abner Gilbert
Abiram Mills

Sworn to and subscribed this November 4 in 1835, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abner Gilbert and Abiram Mills who have sworn to the [cut off] and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Thomas Dickinson Justice

State of New York
Chenango County}Ss. I, Henry R Mygatt a Notary Public in and for said County of Chenango and state of New York, hereby certifies that Thomas Dickinson is a Justice of the Peace as above, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this November the 25th 1835.
Henry R. Mygatt
Notary Public
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                                            5623 Lehams St.
                                            Los Angeles, Calif.
                                                  July 27, 1922.

A.D. Hiller.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

         Dear Sir:

               I greatly desire the pension/application of my ancestor, Joseph Gregory [last name underlined], who fought in the Connecticut lines.  He later lived in New York State, then Chenango and Saratoga Counties.

                  Thanking you for the favor
 I remain,
                                     Yours truly,
                              (Mrs) Doris Gregory Taylor

[Stamp lower left]
   RECEIVED
JUL 31, 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
   VETS. ADM
 READER # 20
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1933 - Aug 3 - Hist to
Doris Gregory Taylor
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Rev.            WIDOW, etc.

File No. 1596
Deborah Gregory
 Widow.
Joseph Gregory
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 24, 1848.

Index:- Vol A,  Page 285
 {Arrangement of 1870.]
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[first line illegible, written vertically]
                          Wm Niles
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City.
       D.C.

[inverted, bottom of page] 
 Joseph Gregory
NY 532


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Deborah Gregory
widow of Joseph
 N.Y.
Sent to 3' Said 
lives date of last 
payment to
 Joseph
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          Dec 16                                      [Postmark]
NY.                                                           DEC
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original                                                      NY   


   
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
                  D.C.
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               No 100
Deborah Gregory, widow
of Joseph -
    N.Y.
Act 29 July 1848
[illegible]
$ 27.43       Pri     8 months
& 7 days -
   To be paid from 18" 
Aug 1849 - the day of 
her husband's death

Certificate to be sent to 
              Edwd. W. Lee
                    Ballston
                           N.Y.
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                                             Pension Office
                                             14 October 18 .... [/]

Sir
   The
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Balliton, N.Y.  27 August 1850.

Sir.

  Enclosed is the application of Deborah Gregory, widow of Joseph Gregory, for a Pension under the Act of July 29, 1848.  Also a Power of Attorney authorizing me to act for her, the arrears of Pension due her husband  [illegible] drawn by her the latter part of March last. If a Pension is granted please make the Certificate to me.

              Respectfully Yours,    
                               Edward W. Lee

Hon. J. L. Edwards          
       Commissioner of Pensions
           Washington City
                D.C.
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Will the 3d Auditor please state to what time Joseph Gregory, a Pensioner under the Act of 7" June, 1832, inscribed on the Albany roll of N/Y. was last paid?   J. H. E. T.
Pension Office
8 October 1810}    If his pension was
                             $27,43  [sic] per annum, he was 
                              paid to March 4, 1847 -
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Know all men by these presents that I Deborah Gregory of the town of Ballston, Saratoga County, and state of New York do hereby constitute and affirm Edward W. Lee of Ballston, Saratoga County, and State of New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to make application to the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States for a Pension under the Act of July 29, 1848, and in my name to and all lawful means in order to obtain said Pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of August 1850.
Deborah Gregory X her mark
In presence of David Maxwell
Malina Burrett

State of New York
Saratoga County}Ss. 
Be it known that on the 27th day of August 1850 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and fort the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Deborah Gregory above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
David Maxwell
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Saratoga County}Ss.
I, James W. Horton, Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that David Maxwell before whom the within acknowledgement was [illegible] was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga, duly qualified to administer oaths and that this signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 27th day of August 1850.
James W. Horton Clerk
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Admitted
Private 8 mo 7 day
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Oxford, Chenango Co N.York
December 8th, 1835
Dear Sir,
I send declaration of Joseph Gregory for a pension. He claims for
5 months & 1 week service in 1779 &
3 months in 1780
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8 months & 1 week
Soon after the passage of the late pension act the applicant applied to me to assist him in procuring a pension, and the matter has been delayed in the expectation of procuring evidence of service which is herewith sent as fully as can be obtained. I trust it will be deemed sufficient.
Mr. Gregory requests that you address me on the subject, and a certificate if granted forwarded me at the place above dated.
I am, Sir
Your Obt Servt
Henry R. Mygatt

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
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Deborah Gregory for a
Pension under Act of 29 July 1841
Hn William affidavit
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State of New York
County of Saratoga Ss. Be it known that before me Abel Meeker a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Deborah Gregory of Ballston in the county and state aforesaid aged ninety years (lacking about 2 mos) who being by me duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that she is the widow of the late Joseph Gregory deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and died on the 18th day of August 1849. That her said husband, the said Joseph Gregory, had in his possession at the time he died, a certificate of Pension, which said certificate was surrendered to the Pension Agency of the United States, at the time deponent drew the arrears of Pension due at the time he died.
That she was married to the said Joseph Gregory at the time stated in her declaration, to wit: on the 28 March 1781 at Milton in the county of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut by the Reverend Doctor Lewis (then Pastor of the Congregational Church in Milton in said County,) that diligent search and enquiry has been made for record proof of said marriage without success. And this deponent does not know or believe that any record proof now exists proving the date of said marriage. Her said husband Joseph Gregory left no family register, nor did he ever keep one, if he kept one it was consumed by fire.
And further deponent testifies, that to the best of her knowledge or believe, no person is now living who was present when said marriage took place, or who can testify to the date of said marriage.
Deborah Gregory X her mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of August 1850}
A. Meeker Justice of the Peace in & for said county
Malina Burrett Witness Present
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}Ss. And I the Justice of the Peace, within named, hereby certify that the deponent Deborah Gregory within named, has not so written for the last fifty years so she says under oath, and I read the within to her and made her understand every fact therein asserted, before the oath was administered to her & that the word "Saratoga" was erased before swearing.
A. Meeker Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Saratoga County Clerk's Office,
I James W. Horton, clerk of the Saratoga County Courts, do hereby certify that Abel Meeker Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 17th day of August in the year 1850.
James W. Horton Clerk
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}Ss. Be it known that before me Abel Meeker a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Aaron Nash, a resident of Ballston in the county and state aforesaid aged eighty two years; who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that previous and since the year 1792, he has been well acquainted with Joseph Gregory, and his wife Deborah and that they resided together as husband & wife at the time of his first acquaintance with them, deponent is confident of the above facts, because in the winter of 1792 & 3 this deponent taught a school within the District where the said Gregory resided and they at that time had children and no doubts then or since has ever existed but that they were lawful husband and wife, to the knowledge or believe of deponent.
And it is further testified by deponent, that the said Joseph Gregory, at the time of his decease, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and that the said Deborah drew the arrears of Pension due at the time of his death, viz up to the 18th day of August 1849 and she is the applicant for a Pension under the Act of February 1848, and now resides in Ballston in the county of Saratoga and state of New York.
Note the words "this deponent" between the 9 & 10th line and the words "no" between the 11 & 12 lines were interlined before swearing.
Subscribed and sworn to this 8 day of August 1850 before me A. Meeker Justice of the Peace
Aaron Nash

I the said Justice do hereby certify that from an acquaintance with the above named deponent Aaron Nash for upwards of thirty years last past I believe him to be a person of strict integrity for truth and veracity and that full confidence may be given to his statement.
A. Meeker Justice of the Peace residing in the town of Ballston
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State of New York
Count of Saratoga}Ss. I James W. Horton Clerk of the Saratoga County Courts, do hereby certify that Abel Meeker Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized to administer oaths, and that this signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 11th day of August in the year 1850.
James W. Horton Clerk
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State of New York
County of Saratoga Ss. Be it known that before me Abel Meeker a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Moses Williams of the Village of Ballston Spa, in said county aged 64 years; who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that he has been well acquainted with Joseph Gregory and his wife Deborah for upwards of fifty two years past.
And further this deponent well recollects that said Joseph Gregory's farm, on which he resided in Ballston laying adjoining the farm of deponent's father (Peter Williams) farm, and they were well known to each other as neighbors in a new country, both families having recently emigrated from Fairfield County in the state of Connecticut.
And deponent further testifies that as early as the year 1798 the said Joseph & Deborah resided together as husband & wife on their said farm at Ballston aforesaid, with their children in number at least six but the precise number not now recollected and that the said Joseph Gregory is dead and his widow the said Deborah is now living and resides in the said town of Ballston.
Subscribed & sworn before me the 8th day of August 1850. A. Meeker Justice of the Peace
Moses Williams

I the said Justice do hereby certify that from an acquaintance with the above named deponent Moses Williams for upwards of thirty years last past I believe him to be a person of strict integrity for truth and veracity and that full confidence may be given to his statement above.
A. Meeker Justice of the Peace residing in the town of Ballston
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State of New York
County of Saratoga}Ss. I James W. Horton Clerk of the Saratoga County Courts do hereby certify that Abel Meeker Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 11th day of August in the year 1850.
James W. Horton Clerk

Deborah Gregory, for a Pension under Act 29th July 1848
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[handwritten]
Comptrollers Office
Hartford, Connect
Novem 12. 1835
I certify that on application for Joseph Gregory I have examined the books & papers of the late Pay Table office of the
State, and find as follows, viz
The name of the applicant in a document headed "Bounty Roll of the 3 mo men who joined the Continental Army
"from the 9th Regt of Militia in the year 1780," certified to be
a copy from the original account by Oliv. Wolcott Jr commanded as appears by "other documents by Col John Mead.

In Haskells Receipts, in an account or List headed "Expenses
of the Port at Greenwich," are these entries, "1782 May 25th Capt Jesse
Hoit [British pound symbol] 75.2.8" and "ditto [British pound symbol] 70.14.6" both sums specie
I also certify that it appears from the records in this office,
that Lieut Colonels Wills & Canfield were in the Coast Guard served
and were, also employed in the defence of the Line, in 1780 & at
different periods
I also certify that there is no pay roll of Capt. Hoits comp
and that Joseph Gregorys name is found in no other place that the
one mentioned above
[signed] Gideon Welles Compt
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Otsego County SS
William Patchin of Unadilla in Said
County of Otsego being sworn says that he
is seventy four years of age. that he knew
Joseph Gregory of Guilford Chenango County
during the Revolutionary war. that in the
year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty
about the first of July said Joseph and deponent lived at Norwalk Township Connecticut and as deponent believes in said month of July they were drafted for three months in Captain Hanford Hoyts company of
Militia Lieutenant  Raymond Ensign Raymond

they met at Wilton in Connecticut and from
thence marched to Horseneck to guard the lines
made head quarters at Horseneck   Colonel
Canfield commanded the Regiment they
both served out the term aforesaid and were
discharged verbally & returned home
[signed] William Patchin
Sworn & Subscribed November
2nd 1835 before me and I
certify that said William
Patchin is a man of truth
and veracity and full
Credit may be given to
his statement
[signed] Hiram Kinne Justice
of the Peace
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[handwritten]

State of New York
Otsego C [large stain] SS

[stain] C. Clyde of said County of Otsego in
[stain] that Hiram Kinne before whom 
[stain] affidavit purports to have been taken
[stain] was on the day of the date thereof a
[stain] of the Peace in and for said County
and duly authorized by law to administer oaths
And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said
affidavit and certificate of credibility to be his genuine signature
Given under my hand and
seal of office this November
6th 1835
[signed] George C. Clyde Clk