Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,846, Amos Gray, Mass. Vt.
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(8-1776) 

SERVICE 

Mass. Vt.

Gray, Amos 

Number 

S. 29,846
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Massachusetts, Vermont
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Windham County Vt
Amos Gray's Rev. for Pension
Aug 7th 1832
No 5200
Admitted Mass Line
Private 9 months
Sergeant 4 months 
Please to make return to
P White Putney Vt
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STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
District of Westminster let a Probate Court holden at Townshend in and for said District on the 7th day of August AD 1862 being a Court of Record and having [illegible] Clerk
Presiding Hon. Peter R. Taft Judge 
On this Seventh day of August A. D. 1832 - Personally appeared in open Court, At Townshend in said District
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting  - Amos Gray
in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, 
obtain the benefit  of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - That he entered into service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he first inlisted at the town of Pelham in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts of nine months went to Springfield, Mass, and passed muster went to Fishkill in the State of New York [obscured] by Capt. James Keith in the Regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson regularly served on [obscured] 7th day of March 1779 at a placed called the Highlands - and afterwards about the last day of August [obscured] and took the place of one Samuel Wiswell a soldier in the Compy of Capt. Josiah Fishman staid one months - [obscured] and that  deponent, in the month of April 1782 he served for many months & in the month of July 1782 he joined the Vermont troops in the company of [obscured] at Strafford Vt. to guard the Frontier and served as Sergeant in said Company for the term of four [obscured] at Strafford aforesaid - He further says that he expects to produce proof of his service

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll [obscured] 
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
1. Was born in Holden State of Massachusetts in the year 1759 - 
2. He has none except in his [illegible]
3. He lived in Pelham Mass. when he first went out - in Townshend at the other times - has resided in Townshend ever since
4. Inlisted the first time - volunteered the others
5. Recollects Majr. Hull - Lieut Fish - besides others already mentioned -
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4. Inlisted the first time - volunteered the others
5. Recollects Majr. Hull - Lieut Fish - besides others already mentioned
6. He received a discharge at the end of the nine months signed by Col. Jackson which he now has in his possession received no other discharges
7. Samuel Wiswall Arven Dunton his townsmen & neighbors respectable citizens - 
/s/Amos Gray

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. /s/Peter M. Taft - Judge

We Samuel Wiswell ['clergyman' crossed out], residing in the town of Townshend in said district and Arven Dunton of Townshend in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy three 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.
/s/Saml Wiswall
/s/Arven Dunton
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. /s/Peter M. Taft - Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by 
revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Samuel Wiswall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said town of Townshend and that Arven Dunton who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Townshend in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Asa Keyes 2d Clerk & Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Westminster aforesaid, do hereby certify,
Court in the matter of the application of Amos Gray for a pension.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of August A. D. 1832.
/s/ Asa Keyes
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Franklin ss
On the twenty first day of August 1841, before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Amos Gray who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. James Keith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont from where he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Massachusetts where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable for the future. The following are his reasons for removing from Vermont to Massachusetts - that the said Amos Gray has become old and infirm being now 80 years of age; that his son Wyllis Gray resides in Bernardston in Massachusetts and that he has removed to Massachusetts in order to reside with and recieve the care of his said son Wyllis Gray - which is necessary in his declining years.
Amos Gray
Witness
Lyman Haywood
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.  Henry W. Cushman
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Franklin ss
On this twenty first day of August 1841, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Franklin personally appeared Lyman Haywood of Bernardston in said County of Franklin who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Amos Gray, who now resides in said town of Bernardston and fomerly in the town of Townsend, Vermont; that I have known said Gray for more than 25 years; that he is the identical person Amos Gray who signed and swore to the foregoing affidavit; and that he is a Pensioner of the United States.
Lyman Haywood
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. I further certify that I am well acquainted with Lyman Haywood aforesaid, and that he is a man of truth and veracity - signed Henry W. Cushman Justice of the Peace.
I Henry Chapman Clerk of the Court of Franklin County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certify that Henry W. Cushman is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing certificates proporting to be his are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed by [illegible] of Office and subscribed my name this twenty [illegible] day of August in the year 1841.
HChapman. Clerk
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No 5200
Vermont
Amos Gray

Admitted
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BRIEF in the case of Amos Gray
of Windham County in the State of Vermont.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabiled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service| Rank| Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
 Years, Months, Days | As a | Gen.
In 1778 June | 9 | Private | Col. Michael Jackson - Capt. James Keith
1782 April | 4 | Sergeant | Capt. Abner Seeley
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pelham Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary, Witness + Documentary.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? (See the Brief of Objections)
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Dumas
Examining Clerk.
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October 3, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
Amos Gray
S. 29846
Miss Emma Nelson
1110 South 9th Street
St. Joseph, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding the father of Orison Gray who was born October 22, 1811, in Townshend, Vermont, and you hope that the record of Amos, Jonas, Matthew, James or Joseph Gray of Vermont will reveal that information, one of whom may have been the father of Orison.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Matthew, James and Joseph Gray who enlisted in Vermont, or applied for pension while residing in that state, nor claim for pension on account of service of soldiers of New England with those names in which the name of a son, Orison Gray, is shown, nor is there any claim for pension on filed based upon service in that war of a Jonas Gray. The record of Amos Gray of Townshend, Vermont, has been found and is furnished herein as shown in pension claim, S. 29846, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. It is hoped that this record will aid you in your research.
Amos Gray was born in 1759 in Helden, Massachusetts; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in June 1778, served as private in Captain James Keith's company, Colonel Michael Jackson's Massachusetts regiment until March 17, 1779, when he was discharged at the Highlands, New York. While a resident of Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, he enlisted in September 1781 and served one month in Captain Josiah Fish's company, Colonel Samuel Fletcher's regiment of Vermont troops; he enlisted in July 1782, in said Townshend, and served four months as sergeant in Captain Abner Seelye's Vermont company, guarding the frontier.
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Amos Gray was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he resided in Townshend, Windham County, Vermont. In 1841, the soldier moved from Townshend, Vermont, to Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts, in order to live with his son, Wyllis; the name of the soldier's wife was not given, nor the names of any other children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 
Amos Gray
Certificate #9464
Issued May 21, 1833
Rate $50 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Massachusetts Agency (from Vermont)
Very truly yours, 
A. D. Hiller, 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
2.
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Amos Gray [illegible]

Amos Gray
S. F. 29846
Mass. & Vt.
Rev. War.

A. [illegible]
ltr Feb1/69
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Amos Gray Late re Soldier in Capt James Ruths company My Reqt being a Nine Months Mass is hereby Discharged the Services - Given under my hand at the Highlands March 17 1777

Amos Gray of Townshend and County of Windsor and State of Vermont
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Sarg't Gray
Vermont

Amos Gray
S. F. 29846
Mass & Vt. Rev War.
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To Abnar Seelye Captain of a Company of Men Raised for the Defence of the frontears of the State of Vermont
To Aamos Gray Greatings
Reposing Espechel Trust and Confidonce in your Loyalty And Good Conduct Do Constiute and appoint you the Said Aamos Gray to be the third Serjent in my Company and you are Diligently to obay and obsarve All Such orders and Directions as you Shall Have from Time to Time from me or any other of your Suppoaivor officers acording to the Rules and [illegible] of War
In Presuance of the Trust Reposed in you for Which this Shall be your Suffent Warront
Given under my hand this twenty forth Day of Sept. 1782
Abner Seelye Capt. Comp
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. ,   , 19
DF 29846
In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of Amos Gray a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment|Length of Service|Rank| Officers under whom service was rendered Captain Colonel| State
June 1778|Mch 17, 1779||James Keith|Michael Jackson| Mass.
Sept 1781|1 mo|| Josiah Fish|Samuel Fletcher|Vt
July 1782|4 mos| 3rd Sept.| Abner Seelye||Vt
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pelham, Hampshire Co Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 7 1832, His cl was ad
Residence at date of application, Townshend, Windham Co Vt
Age at date of application, b. in 1759 in Holden, Mass
Remarks: In 1841 soldier had moved to Franklin Co. Mass. to be near his son Wyllis who lived at Bernardston, Mass.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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RECEIVED
Sept 28 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm 35 [illegible]
1110 South Ninth Street
St Joseph, MO.
September, 25, 1936.
The U.S. Pension Bureau
Navy Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: 
I am very anxious to get the pension record of the Father of Orison Gray, who was born October 22, 1811 at Townshend, Vermont. It is a tradition on our family that his father was one of the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont.
I find that there were at least three Grays of Townshend Vermont who served in the Revolutionary War, Amos, Jonas and Matthew. I am hoping that Orison will be listed among the children of one of these men. There was also a James and Joseph of Townshend at that time who might have served in the War.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble. I am Yours Truly
(Miss) Emma Nelson
Amos - b 1759 - appl Townshend VT one son Wyllis
Jos -13210
[illegible] S42761 [illegible] Pelham
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[handwritten letter]

NORMAN FLOWERS
JACKSON, MICH.

Feb 3, 1914 
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE D FEB 9 1914]

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir, 
May I obtain from The Pension Bureau the military record of a Revolutionary soldier, Joseph Tyler of Vermont. He was pensioned by the Act of Congress, August 11, 1809.
Also the record of Amos Gray, private and Sergeant of Townshend, Vt. He was pensioned March 4, 1831.
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I have in the family some records and such desire to have an official record of their service.
Very truly yours,
Mabel F. Flowers
Mrs. Norman Flowers
209 N. Blackstone St
Jackson, Michigan
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29846
Reo y INVALID
File No. 29, 846
Amos Gray
Sergt Rev. War
Act: June 7 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 165
[Arrangment of 1870.]

1914 Feby 13 Hist to Mrs Norman Flowers. V.L. [illegible]
1936 - Oct. 3-Hist to Miss Emma Nelson. ILL
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Bernardston }
res. Sep 20}
[illegible]
Hon. Secretary of War-
Washington
D.C.
Pension Office
[illegible]
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Bernardston Mass. Sep. 20. 1841
To Hon. Secy of War,
Sir
Some few weeks ago, an application was sent to your Department for the transfer of the name of Amos Gray, now of this Town, a Revolutionary Pensioner, from the Pension list of Vermont to that of Mass.
After waiting for a month, a [illegible] and not hearing any thing from the application, I take the liberty to [illegible] whether it has been received.
If so has the transfer been made? If not why? and any other information that may be beneficial to the veteran of the Revolution.
Please advise me each as convenient + oblige your obt sevt.
H.W. Cushman
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Bernardston
[illegible] Sep 11
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
14 Sep 1841
[illegible]
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Bernardston Ms Sep 14 1841.
Dear Sir,
An application was sent to your office by Amos Gray, a Revolutionary Pensioner for a transfer of his name from the Vermont to the Massachusetts Pension Agency, some time since, but he has heard nothing from it.
Has the transfer been made? If no will it be made?
Please advise with as little delay as possible and much oblige.
Your Obt Sevt
H.W. Cushman

To Hon. Commissioner
of Pensions
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Copy
Pension Agency
Burlington Sep 4 1841
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that Amos Gray and [illegible] Pensioners under Act of 7th June 1832 have been paid, the former to the 4th March 1841 the latter to the 4t Sep 1840.
[illegible]
[illegible] Jno Pech [illegible]
J L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington City.
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Bernardston
[illegible] Aug 25
30 Aug 1841
[illegible]
Hon. Secretary of War - 
(for the Pension Department)
Washington D.C.
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Bernardston
[illegible] Aug 25
30 Aug 1841
[illegible]
Hon. Secretary of War
(for the Pension Department)
Washington D.C.
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Samuel Wissall's
Affidavit in favor of A. Gray
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I Samuel Wisall of Townshend in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of the age of 70 years testify and say that I served in the Vermont Militia in the year 1781 - under Capt Josiah Fish, Leut Moses Johnson + Col Saml Fletcher from March to late in November [illegible] one month in the month of September [illegible] Amos Gray of said Townshend took [illegible] August 7 1832
Saml Wisall
State of Vermont}
Windham County } Sworn + subscribed this 7th day of August - AD 1832
Before me Asa Keyes Justice of the Peace
I certify that Samuel Wisall who subscribed the above affidavit is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity to whom testimony [illegible] evidence [illegible]
Asa Keyes a Justice of the Peace