Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,197, John Gray, Green Mountain Boys New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Green Mountain Boys
New York

Gray, John
or Grey

NUMBER
S. 13197

carded

CONTENTS
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3751
New York

John Gray

of Liberty in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Cpatain Tyler of the Regt commanded by Col Warner in the New York line for 2 years

Green Mountain Boys
and 
N.Y. Records completed Febr. 14|06.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of December 1832 and Sent to Claimant Monticello N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 ~$120.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 40.00
$160.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book 2 Vol. 5 Page 92

Date of death not on AP
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Declaration
of John Gray

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New York
County of Sullivan 
ss

On this 18th day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Thomas Crary one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County John Gray a resident of the Town of Liberty in the County of Sullivan and the State of New York aged eighty one years last May 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 teh service under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the first place in the Town of Granville in the State of New York under a Captain or recruiting Officer by the name Towsey under Colonel Seth Warner and was marched from there to Quebec by way Sheenzborough[Queensborough?] Ticonderoga Crown Point St Johns and Montreal the above enlistment was in the year 1775 not far from the time of the death of General Montgomery his term of service being ended which was four of five months he returned home. having received a discharge from Col Warner which discharge is lost. That after his return home he resided in what was then Called Frederickburgh now Putnam County and State aforesaid he was then drafted to serve in the Militia for the term of three months under Capt William Calkin in Col Henry Luddington's Regiment he was marched to
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White Plains where he continued during his term of service and returned home which was in the year 1775 the same year served as a substitute for Jonathan Birch was marched from Frederickburgh to Peenpack[?] then to the Delaware River up the Delaware to chenocher[?] Cove he was in this town under Capt Bezaleel Tyler terms of Service six weeks. 

That his last enlistment was under Capt. Henry Sieboutin Col. Gansevoot's Regiment he was afterward transferred to Capt Bogardus company in Col Van-Schaick's Regiment in 1778 in the month of January and was mustered at West Point he was marched from thence to Orange Town thene back to West Point from thence to Albany by water from thence to Saratoga where he remained until he was wounded which was the 18th day of April 1779 he was taken to the hospital where he remains for three or four weeks when his father came to see him and obtained liberty of the Officers to take him home with him where remained for several months and was never after able on account of his lamenys[?] to join the army during the War. And that he has no documentary evidence and that knows of no further testimony that he can procure as to his services -- 

That he was born at Buckmans Precinct Dutchess County New York in the year 1751 -- That he has no record of his age. That when he entered the service he lived in Fredericksburgh Dutchess County New York that since the War he has lived about twenty five years in the town of Deerpark Orange County that he has resided the remainder of the time in Sullivan County State aforesaid. That while he was at Quebec Arnold the Command. That he is acquainted with William Parks Esq. Samuel Martin Esq. Ichabod Benton Elias Smith Caleb Bush all of them near neighbors of respectable standing.
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Subscribed and Sworn this 18th day of August 1832 before me

Thos. Crary[signature]

John Grey[signature]
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New York

No. 4946

John Gray

4.5.14.16

Sep 9 1832
Nov 6 1832

P-19

To Claimant
Montecello
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No. 4946

BRIEF in the case of John Gray of Liberty County of Sullivan in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
Yes ~

3. How old is he?
81 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[column headings:] Period | Duration of Service /Years Months Days | Rank./ As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
In 1775 | 4 or 5 [months] | Private | Col. Seth Warner
1776 | 3 [months] | [blank] | Col. Henry Luddington
" | 1 [month] 15 [days] | [blank] | Capt. Bezaleel Tyler
1778 Jan 4 | (time not specified) | [blank] | Col. Ganzevorts Regt.
1779 Apl. 18 | (time not specified) | [blank] | Col. Van Schaick

5. In what battles was he engaged?
None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Granville

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
One living witness ~

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Yes -

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

James Ord[signature]
Examining Clerk.
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admitted

2 years pres

80$
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John Gray.
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State of New York
County of Sullivan
ss

I Edward Taylor do hereby certify that I was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and that while acting as such I became acquainted with John Gray the foregoing applicant for a Pension who was also a soldier of the Revolution that while we were acquainted we were Stationed at Saratoga that being out on fatigue[?] getting wood with others the axe of Schreeder flew from the helve and that the said John Gray in the ancle joint which almost severed the foot from the ancle that I took my handkerchief and bound up the wound put him in the Cart and carried him to the hospital where I visited him frequently afterward. That from the present appearance of the scar and other circumstances I have not the least doubt but that he is the same John Gray who served with me in the Revolutionary War; and that hte wound he received forever disnobled him from being a Soldier.

Edward Taylor[signature]

Sworn and Subscribed this 20th day of August 1832 before me.

Thos. Crary[Signature]
Judge of
Court of [illegible]
[illegible] for Said County

I, Thomas Crary one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Sullivan County New York do certify that I am acquainted with Edward Taylor subscribed the foregoing affidavit and believe him to be entitled to credit being a person of good moral character. 

Thos Crary[signature]
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We Caleb Bush a licenced Clergyman residing in  in the Town of Rockland within one mile of the residence of John Gray and William Parks residing in the Town of Liberty hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one 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. 

Caleb Bush[signature]
William Parks[signature]

Sworn and subscribed the 20th day of August 1832 before me
Thos Crary[signature]
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I Thomas Crary one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Sullivan County and State of New York do hereby declare my apinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as the states— And I further certify that it appears to me that Caleb Bush who has signed the preceeding certificate is a licenced Clergyman resident in the Town of Rockland and that William Parks who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Liberty both of which are Credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit— And I further certify that the forgoing applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court. 

Thos. Crary[signature]

State of New York
Sullivan County
Clerks Office
ss

I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas Crary Esq- before whom the annexed affidavit purports to haver been sworn- was at the date or several dates of the said affidavits one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in or for the said County — And that I am well acquainted the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signatures to the annexed affidavits are genuine—
Witness my hand and seal of office this 31st day of August 1832

Jesse M. Foster[signature] Clke
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We Amos Harding a Clergyman residing in the Town of Calhoun, formerly Deerpark in the County of Orange and State of New York and Peter Hoyt of of Wallkill county and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he was reputed and believed while he resided in the neighborhood of Deerpark which was more than twenty years to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 

Amos Harding[signature]
Peter Hoyt[signature]

Subscribed and sworn this 31st day of August 1832 before me Samuel Smith

I, Samuel Smith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County State of New York, do hereby certify that it appears to me that Amos Harding who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman and resident in the Town of Calhoun and that Peter Hoyt who had also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Wallkill.
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and that their Statement is entitled to credit they both being persons of unquestionable character for truth and sincerity.

Samuel Smith[signature]

State of New York
Sullivan County
Clerks Office
ss

I Jesse M Foster clerk of said county do certify that Samuel Smith Esq before whom the annexed affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the several dates therein one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for said County. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe that his signature to the annexed affidavits are genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this 31st day of August 1832.

Jesse M. Foster[signature] clke
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Sullivan County
State of New York
ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County John Gray who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent lapse of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades. 

For four months he served as a private in the year 1775, 6 under Colonel Warner I served as a private under Col Luddington three months I served as a Substet[illegible] Six weeks which was in the year 1776. I served one year and five months as a private in the Continental line including four weeks that I lay in the hospital in the years 1778 & 1779.

John Gray[signature]

Sworn before me the 11th Day of December 1832
Thos. Crary[signature]
A judge of Court of Common pleas for Said County

State of New York
Sullivan County
Clerks Office
ss

I Jesse M. Foster, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sullivan County do hereby Certify that Thomas Crary Esq and Samuel Smith Esq before whom the annexed Affidavits purport to have been sworn were Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the Said County of Sullivan at the several dates mentioned in the said affidavits- And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judges and verily believe that their signatures to the said affidavits are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this twelvth day of December A.D. 1832

Jesse M. Foster[signature]
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March 9, 1832

Pension 
Office

Acud[?]

#13197
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State of New York
Sullivan County
ss

I Edward Morris alias Edward Taylor being Sworn deposeth and saith that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that while acting as such he became acquainted with John Gray now of Rockland County and State aforesaid who was also a Soldier in teh same Regiment with him that they were then Stationed at Saratoga and while there the Said John Gray was out on fatigue with with this deponent the axe use by John Joachem Johannes Schreader flew from the helve and hit the said John Gray in the ancle and wounded him badly that he was then carried to the hospital where this deponent  saw him frequently that not long after the companies to which they belonged were ordered to the south: but on account of the lameny of the said John Gray he was left behind  their acquaintance then ceased - That within a few months since their acquaintance has been renewed and from the scar on the ancle and other circumstances he has no doubt but he is the same John Gray who served with in the Revolutionary War. 

Edward Taylor[signature]

Subscribed and Sworn
this 7th day February 1832
before me Darius Martin Just Plea

I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the Court in the County of Sullivan in the State of New York do hereby Certify that Darius Martin before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths-

In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and offered the Seal of the said Court this 3rd February 1832

Jesse M Foster[Signature] Dep Clk
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Liberty Sullivan County New York

February 10th 1832

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with John Gray the foregoing applicant for a pension for more than twenty years - that he has always sustained a good character - That some time after the first Pension law passed, he applied to me to make out his papers for him which was done according to the act but before the papers were forwarded to Washington a law was passed requiring the applicant to make both that he was in indigent circumstances; having a little property left he concluded not to take the oath. of course the papers were considered of no use and are mislaid or lost so that they are not to be found. From my first acquaintance with him I have sways understood that the scar on his ancle was occasioned as he and Taylor have set forth in their affidavit and he is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution as set forth in the foregoing affidavit. 

Darius Martin[signature]
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Rec ' 9 March 1832

2020

Revolutionary Claim

For this purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved in. the 15th of May 1828 I John Gray of the Town of Rockland in the County of Sullivan in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the term of three years and continued in its service until being on fatigue getting wood the ax of a man by the name of Schreeder flew from the helve and hit me in the ancle by which means I was disabled to do duty and carried to the hospital where I law some time confined. My father hearing of my situation came to see me and being desirous to heal by ancle better taken care of enterceeded with the Officers and obtained permission to take me home with him where I was confined seven or eight months and could only then walk on crutches and have never recovered my lamenys and on account of said lamenys I never after joined the army- That at the time I received the wound I was a private in Captain Bogardus' Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dan Schaick of the New York line- And I also declare that while in the service I received what we soldiers called a Soldiers Note for eighty Dollars under what Resolution or Act of Congress I am unable to say- And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828 on the Pension List of the United States nor ever have been. 

John Gray[signature]

Subscribed and sworn this
4th Day of February 1832 before 
me Darius Martin Jus Pleas.

#13197 Gray

OK
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Rev War

13197
INVALID.

File No. 13197
John Gray
Priv. Rev. war

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 152

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Gray, John
Grade Private
Line Maryland

Warrant Number 11779
Acreage 100
Issued March 22, 1797
to Abija Halbrook, assignee

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 20 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.