Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,671, John Gregory, Penn.
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SERVICE   
NUMBER

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Penn.
Gregory, John
S23671

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CONTENTS
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25,920
Pennsylvania
John Gregory
Berks. Co. in the State of Pa.

who was a Cap in the Company commanded by Captain Tutt of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dolittle in the [illegible] Militia

8 Mo Captain $160.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna at the rate of 150 Dollars    Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jany and Sent to 1034 Hon H. [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 400.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 34 80.00
$480.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 22.

Died Dec 21 1835

Rept 1st March 1834
See Letter to agt
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Pennsylvania, 
Berks County of Personally appeared Captain John Gregory in open Court of Commonplea, held at Reading in and of the County of Berks, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and  say, that he is in his eighty four year maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832, That in the year 1777 he was commissioned as a Captain of foot in the fourth Battalion of Militia
in the County of Northampton, in the State aforesaid, as appears by his commission hereto annexed that some time in the month of September 1777 he marched his company under the command of Col Michael
[illegible] from Allen Town in the County of Northampton to [illegible] near a place then called Feather bed hill remained there until
they were discharged at expiration of two months, that in the year 1780, he marched his company under the command Lieut. Col Nicholas Kern, to the upper part of said County what war there called the frontier, and was stationed with said Company at my house as a guard in that part of the county a tour of two months and was discharged some time in the month of July 1780.  That in the same year, some time in the month of September (about the middle) he marched a company under the Command of Lieut. Harry Geiger, to same place last about
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mentioned, and there remained a tour, of two months, until he was discharged some time in the month of [illegible] 1780 (say about 20th) that in the year, 1782, in the latter part of the month of May he marched his company under the Command of Lieut Col [illegible], to the same place, mentioned, and remained there until the latter end of July in the same year, two months and was discharged, That he was born in Hereford Township Berks County, that he needed some time in Northampton County, that after the war he moved back into the County of Berks, and he resides at this, said that he on his oath further saith that he is the identical John Gregory who is named in the two Commissions one of them dated May 21 1777 and the other dated the tenth day of May 1780 and hereto [illegible] hereby relinquishing every claim, whatsoever whatever to a pension or annuity except the present that at this time he is unable to write his name not able to hold his pen, 

Sworn Subscribed in Open Court, January 15th 1834,
Jac [illegible] Prothy

John Gregory
his X mark
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Application of John Gregory for a pension

Hereford

Adm 8 months
Captain
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Service                        Number
Penn | Gregory, John | S 23671
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This document is extremely decayed and dark throughout with letters or whole words smudged. 

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Jac Sallade
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September 16, 1930
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Mr. George R. Gregory
1634 Mineral Spring Road
Reading, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

   You are advised that it appears from the papers  in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 43671, that John Gregory was born in Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, date not stated.

   While residing in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he served as a captain in the Northampton County Pennsylvania militia, as follows:
   He was commissioned May 21, 1777, and served from September, 1777, two months in Colonel Michael Bobit's regiment; from May 10, 1780, two months in Colonel Nicholas Kern's regiment; from September, 1780, two months; and from May, 1782, two months in Colonel Boehm's regiment.

   He was allowed pension on his application executed January 15, 1834, at which time he was living in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and stated that he was in his eighty-fourth year.

He died December 21, 1835.
There are no data as to family,
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Note- Header information is partial due to fold in the form.
...military history of John Gregory
....REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
...contained in his application for pension
...file in this Bureau.                S.  File 23671

{note- next section is a table with the following columns:  Dates of Engagement or Appointment; Length of Service; Rank; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered- Captain; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered- Colonel; State}
{Row 1} con May 21 '77 {rest of row is blank}
{Row 2} Sept 1777; 2 mos.; Captain; 4th Battalion Northampton Co Mil; Michael Bobit; Pa.
{Row 3} May 10, 1780; 2 mos.; Captain; 3rd Battalion Northampton Co Mil; Nicholas Kern;
{Row 4} Sep 1780; 2 mos.; Captain;
{Row 5} May 1782; 2 mos.; Captain; ;Boehm;

Battles engaged in, {blank/no response}
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Jan 15, 1834, Allowed
Residence at date of application, Berks Co, Pa.
Age at date of application, in his 84th yr. from Hereford Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
Remarks:  He died Dec 24, 1835, fr Agency book.
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Service                        Number
Penn | Gregory, John | S 23671
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In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the said Commonwealth,

To John Gregory, Esquire-
  WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute andappoint you to be Captain of a Company of Foot in the third Battalion of Militia in the County of Northampton.  You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State.  This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.

GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this tenth Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty.
Jos. Reed, President

Attest. T Matlack, Secy
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In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the said Commonwealth,

To John Gregory, Esq-
  WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute andappoint you to be Captain of a Company of Foot in the fourth Battalion of Militia in the County of Northampton.  You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State.  This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.

GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this Twenty-sixth Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven.
Tho Wharton jun Prest.

Attest. T Matlack, Secy
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Eastern Department
Occidental Insurance Company
100 Milk Street
Boston, Mass.

George R. Gregory
Agent
1634 Mineral Spring Road
Reading, PA.
Dial 23690

Reading, Pa., Aug. 19, 1930.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
   Some time ago I had the pleasure to examine some of the old papers of John Gregory who died in 1835.  The one most interesting to me was an old Muster Roll of Captain John Gregory's Malitia Company in the Third Class of the Third Battalion Northampton County under the command of Lieutenant Col. Phil. Beam in the service of the United States on the Frontiers of said county.
   If possible, I would kindly ask you to furnish me with his military record.
  Thanking you in advance for the favor, I remain,
     Very truly yours,
Geo R Gregory
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Allen County Board of Health
Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov 30 1909

Commissioner of the Pension Department, 
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir, Would you favor me with a record of John Gregory who was a captain in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolution, and received a pension February 29, 1834.
I wish this for genealogical purposes only.

Yours truly,
E. M. Van Buskirk
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28671
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No.
John Gregory