Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21218, Andrew Gray, Penn.
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( 2 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Penn.

Gray, Andrew
Mary
NUMBER
W. 21218
deed
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Albany 30.839
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Andrew Gray
of Livingston Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Whitmore of the Regt. command
by Col. Miles in the Penn.
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Sept. 1836 and sent to Moses Van Campen,
Danville Living Co. N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '36         440.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending May '37. 40.00 
                                                       $480.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 28, 1836
Recorded D. Brown clerk,
book E.2.
Vol. 4
Page 26
1832
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New York
7204
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Pa
Mary Gray
widow of Andrew Gray
who was a Private
in the Pennsylvania Line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
Eighty Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
Eighth day of August 1845
and sent to  John F Curtis
Huron
N.Y.

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A 1844
Vol. 2
Page 76
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31439.
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State of New York
Livingston County. On this twenty first day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the Honorable James Falkner of the Courts of Common in the County of Livingston and State aforesaid, Rev Andrew Gray,  a resident of the town Sparta in the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy five years on the first day of January last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 1832. That is in the army of the United
in the year 1776 with Capt Waters and served in a regiment of Riflemen, he does not know the number, or whether it had any number of the Pennsylvania line, under the following named officers, to wit, Col. Miles,
Lieut. Col. Piper and Major Patten; and Capt. Whitehall, Lieut. Gray and Robb, and Ensign Grant. At the time of his enlistment he resided in Buffalo Valley on the West Branch of the Susquehanna in the County of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania; his company marched to Chester and there joint
the regiment; the regiment marched to Lewiston, Delaware; thence to Elizabethtown, New Jersey; thence to New York City and thence crossed over to Long Island; he was in the battle of Long Island which took place the
of August, the Americans commanded by Gen Sullivan and Lord Sterling both of whom were taken prisoners; this declarant was also
taken prisoner, and was detained in captivity until sometime in the ensuing winter, when he was released in consequence as he was informed, of an Exchange of prisoners; during part of the time he was confined in the Church at Flatbush, and part of the time in the church at Gravesend, the regiment of Col. Miles was broken up by the battle during his captivity the remnants of the Regiment as he was informed and himself among the number were incorporated into a regiment of the Pennsylvania line known as the thirteenth regiment, and commanded by Col. Walter Stewart, immediately upon his release he went to the place where this regiment was which as he thinks was near Fort Mifflin, for the purpose of drawing his pay, he drew his pay and returned to his home in Buffalo Valley on a furlough. In the latter part of the winter. Early in the spring of 1778, this declarant was sent for by a sergeant to join the regiment which was with the army at Valley Forge, he traveled from his residence to the army with one Lieut. Snyder who was recruiting in that neighborhood; the only field officers he can recollect in his regiment were Col. Stewart and Lieut. Col. Monrow, and the only company officers was Capt. Banks; shortly after he joined his regiment, the army left Valley Forge and marched after the British Army, which had just evacuated Philadelphia;
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they crossed the Delaware and followed the British Army until they came to Monmouth, and this declarant was in the battle at that place which took place on the 28th of June. The thirteenth regiment was broken up by the battle Monmouth and the same reading this declarant were formed into a new regiment and all called the second regiment of the Pennsylvania line the only officers in that regiment who he can recollect were the same above mentioned Col. Stewart Lieut. Col.  Morrow,  Capt. Banks; the brigade
to which his regiment belonged under command of Gen. Anthony Wayne commonly called at that time Mr Anthony, March from month to Fredricksburg New York where they remained during the season, they then marched to Millston, New Jersey, to winter quarters, and remained there until the next
Spring 1779 they then marched to West Point New York, and remained there until late in the fall, when they marched to Morristown New Jersey and remained there in winter quarters until the next spring when he was discharged, having been constantly with his regiment during the whole time above mentioned. The memory of this declarant has become so imperfect, and his attention has been so little directed to the subject for many years that he cannot be certain of the precise accuracy of the foregoing statement, but he believes it
to be substantially correct. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his names not on the pension roll of any again of in any State
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Faulkner one of the
And
Gray
of Livingston Common
Plax-
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And the said Judge hereby declares his opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. He also certifies that it satisfactorily appears to him that the said applicant cannot, by reason of bodily infirmity, appear in open Court to make the said declaration.  And he further certifies that the said applicant is a clergyman in good standing, that he has been acquainted with him for more than thirty years, and
that he has always during that time sustained a high reputation for integrity
and veracity.
Stationer
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State of New York
Livingston County
  I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County in said State hereby certify that James Faulkner Esq. before whom the preceding declaration of Andrew Gray purports to have been Sworn to and also whose signature appears to the
preceding declaration of opinion was at the date thereof a Legally authorized Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name to the point
of the said declaration and also to the said declaration of opinion is his own proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of April AD 1834
C. R. Bond Clerk
By. S.G. Haven Dep Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 Entitled an act granting
half pay and pension to certain widows- Also of the act of the 3d of March 1843 and of the act of the 17th of June 1844 State of New York
County of Livingston SS
- On the 20th day of June 1845
personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the Courts in and for the County aforesaid Mary Gray of Sparta in said County aged Seventy-two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 of the 3d of March 1843 and of the 17th of June 1844 granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war - That she is the widow of Andrew Gray late a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the
United States. That she was married to him in the month of November 1792 Seventeen hundred and ninety-two. That the said husband died on the 13th day of August 1839
Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-nine that she has not since Married but remains a widow. That the annexed family Records of the Old Original Family Records. That it has been kept in the
family as a true record of the ages of this deponents Children for more than forty years past -
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day & year above mentioned
Mary Gray
William Finley Judge of Love Cot
I certify that the above named May Gray is a respectable person that I consider her to be of the age represented by me - That on account of bodily infirmity the cannot attend the Court to make  her Declaration
William Furley
Judge of Liv. Co. Cts.
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of
State of New York
County of Livingston
Personally appeared before the Subscribe a
Justice of the Race in & for the County aforesaid James Gray of Dansville
in said County aged Fifty two December - After being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that Mary Gray who is applying for a 
 pension of the now of the late Andrew Gray a soldier in the war of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States of this deponents Mother-- and that the said Andrew Gray was this deponent's father. That this deponent's said Father & Mother lived together as husband & wife in the earliest period of his recollection until the death of this deponents said Father which took place on the 13th day of August 1839- Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-nine. That the attached Family Record is an Old original Record that has been kept in the family by a true record of this deponents aforesaid Father and Mother's Children for forty Years & upwards - That this deponents aforesaid Mother
has not married but remains a widow
Subscribed & Sworn before me
James Gray
this 20th day of June 1845
John Wilkinson Justice Peace
certify that the above-named James Gray is a reputable person & worthy of Credit
John Wilkinson Justice Peace
M
State of New York
County of Livingston ⎬ SS. Personally appeared before the Subscribed
a Judge of the County of Said County William Gray of Sparta in said County Aged Forty-five years next September after being duly
of Sworn according to law deposeth & saith. That the above-named Mary Gray who is by these present applying for a pension is this deponents Mother- and the above-named Andrew Gray deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States was this deponents Father. That this deponents aforesaid Father & Mother had as the legal fruit of their marriage Three Children older than this deponent, as own brother & sisters of this deponent that the attached Family Record has been kept in the family as a true family Record in the earliest period of this deponents recollections That this deponents aforesaid Father died on the 13th day
of August 1839
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'-
That his aforesaid mother still remains a widow
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 20th day of June 1845
his
William Finley
William H Gray
Judge of Lion Co.
Mark
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---
Certify that the above named William Gray is a reputable person & worthy of Credit,
State of New York
William Finley Cobbs
County of Livingston ⎬ SS. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Just of the Peace of said County, Moses Van Compenof Dansville in said County aged Eighty-nine years
After being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that for months Fifty years past he has her personally acquainted with Mary law who of applying for a pension
as the widow of Andrew Gray who was
pensioner of the United States. And that he was equally will  acquainted with the said Andrew Gray & with their family-- That the
10 said parties men living together as Husband & wife in the year Seventeen Hundred & Ninety-three, and continued to he together of such until the death of the said Andrew Gray - That the said James and William Gray who have subscribed the foregoing affidavits an & always have been considered Children of the aforesaid Andrew & Mary Gray
That this deponent has examined the attached Family Records & from his knowledge of the family he believes it is a just & true Records. That the present applicant for a pension Mary Gray is the identical person that was living with the said
Andrew Gray at his lawful wife more than fifty years since
and that she is now the widow of the said Andrew Gray
Subscribed & Sworn before me Moses came to amend
This 20 day of June 1845
John Wilkinson Justice Peace
=
Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Moses
Vancamp. That he is a member of the Presbyterian Church in good
& regular standing & sustain the highest reputation for truth
and veracity
John Wilkinson Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Livingston ⎬ SS. Personally appeared before the Subscribed
a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Amariah Ham-
monds of Dansville in said County Aged Seventy two years
After being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith: That for
the last Forty seven years he has been personally acquainted with
Mary Gray who is applying for a pension as the Widow of Andrew
Gray who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & a Pensioner of
the United States. That at the earliest period of this deponents acquain
-tance with the said parties they were living together of Husband
& Wife & continued to do so until the death of the said An-
-drew Gray which occured[sic] in 1839 That the present applicant
for a pension is the identical person & widow of the said Andrew
Gray - That the above named James & William Gray who have
subscribed the foregoing deposition and always have been concidered[sic]
children of the above Named Andrew & Mary Gray. That 
the said Mary Gray is now a widow
Subscribed & Sworn before Me  }
this 20th day of June 1845  }
And. N. Hammond
John Wilkinson Justice Peace
======================
I certify that the above named Amariah Hammonds Sustained an
unimpeachable character for truth & Gravity
John Wilkinson Justice Peace
======================
State of New York  }
Livingston County Clerks office } SS   I hereby certify that John Wilkinson Esquire
before whome[sic] three of the foregoing affidavits were sworn and subscribed
was at the day the same bears date an acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County duly elected and qualified to act as such & further I am
well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe the
signatures to such affidavits are genuine  I also certify that William
Finley Esq before whom two of the foregoing affidavits were sworn and sub-
scribed was on the day the same bears date an acting Judge of the County
Courts in and for said County duly qualified and authorized to act as such
further I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the sig=
nature to said affidavits are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Genesee this 20th June 1845
Jas. S. Orton Depty Clerk
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31130
Andrew Gray
J.
James Proudfil Esq
Danville
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT

Pension Office
May 28, 1834

Sir:
The evidence in support off your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:]
You will, when you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Andrew Gray
Duration of the
claimant's service. ┃
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served. 
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

respectfully, your obedient servant,
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28. 1834

Rolls
Walter Stewart Col 2nd Regt
Christ. Stewart Col. 3rd Regt.
Alexander Gray, Pri.  5th, 2nd & 3rd regt.

Claimants name does not appear on the rolls
of Col. Edwards regiment.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.

On this day of ___ personally appeared (a)   of       County of ______ and State, Territory or District
of _____ aged  _____years, who being sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  served in the (e)___ regiment of the
_____ line, under the following named officers:
and
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,  _______, of the Court of ________
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  ___
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ day of ___
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ______
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
canc.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
{To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fall to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every man must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
in the following grades:--For---year----months, anddays
, I served as and for such service I claim
it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c, without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pliant.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pare under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is
note applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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The
New Testament

OUR LORD AND SAVOUR
Jesus Christ

TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED

MARGINAL REFERENCES AND ILLUSTRATIONS,
AN EXACT SUMMARY OF THE SEVERAL BOOKS.
A PARAPHRASE ON THE MOST OBSCURE OR IMPORTANT PARTS,
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF EACH CHAPTER
EXPLANATORY NOTES,
AND EVANGELICAL REFLECTIONS.
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James my Eldest Son Was Born December 18th, 1793, About 3 O'clock AM
Margaret Was Born January 4th, 1796, about 3 O'clock the Morning
Jean born April 1st, 1798, twelve O Clock at night
William Born September 23d 1800 about seven o Clock in the Morning
Andrew born August 29th, 1802, about five o clock in the afternoon
Maria Born May 16th, 1805, eight o'clock in the morning
Martha Born July 14th, 1808, Eight in the
Morning
Elizabeth Born June 3d 1811 about Eight in the
Morning
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August 25, 1925


Mrs. George T. Shafer
James M. Hammond, Sr.,
Dansville, New York.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 21818 it appears that Reverend Andrew Gray was born January 1, 1759, the place not stated.
While a resident of Buffalo Valley on the West
Branch of the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the spring of 1776, served
as a private in Captain Wheitzel's Company, Colonel Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment; was at the battle of Long Island where he was captured and held a prisoner until sometime in the following winter, when he was exchanged
, joined Captain Banks' Company, Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania Regiment, was at the battle of Monmouth and was discharged in June 1780.
He was allowed pension on account of said service. In 1836 he was living in Sparta, Livingston County, New York. He died August 13, 1839.
Soldier married in November 1791 or 1792, Mary whose
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maiden name is not stated, and lived in  Wilksburg (?), Pennsylvania for four years. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 20, 1845, while living in Sparta, New York aged seventy-two years. She died
April 10, 1847. Their children were:
James    born December 18, 1793, living in Dansville, New York in 1845.
Margaret   born January 4, 1796 
Jean born April 1, 1798.
William   born September 23, 1800, living in Sparta, New York in 1845
Andrew born  August 29,1802.
Maria born May 13, 1805
Martha born July 14, 1806
Elizabeth born June 3, 1811

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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New York 2534
Mary Gray
widow of Andrew Gray
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 13th of August 1839
of scurvy? in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Whiteside of the regiment commanded by Col Miles
 for 2 years in the Pennsylvania Line for 2 years
__________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars  ___ cents per annum, to commence on the 13th day August 
of AD 1839 &  ----- the 4 March 1841.
_________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of
August 1845 and sent to John T. Curtis
Huron, NY
________________________________________
Total amount                  $124.00
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by      Geo. C Ames
Book D, Vol. 1, Page 159
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31130
New York
-
-
Andrew Gray
Suspended
Let. to  B. C. Cook
19 Sept 1834
---
Let. to M. Van Campen20 June 1835
Let. Hon. P C.  Fuller March 1856

4218
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stamped:( Pension Office US .JUL 8, 1925)

Dansville, N.Y
July 6, 1925


Rev. War Rolls
Commissioner of Pensions,
Wash. D.C
Gentlemen; I am eligible to join
to D.A.R.S. Under Andrew Gray, who
was born Jan 1, 1757, in Willard County?, And
who died in Sparta, Livingston County
Aug. 15, 1839.
In the Howell, New York paper of Dec. 31, 1917, There is a short sketch of his life taken from of a history of Livingston County in which it says, at the battle of Long Island he was captured by the Hessians, escaped and later took part in some bloody battles. After the war he studied for the ministry and read
his first sermon in 1793.
Can you tell me if this particular 
Andrew Gray, late the Reverand
Andrew Gray received a pension and any of the following questions
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from what state he entered the war
"We think Penn."
His full Christian name?
In what capacity he served whilst
the war?
The names of some of the regimental
officers, under whom he served?
the date of his Marriage?
He married Mary Stewart of Penn.
Tharking you in advance,
I am 
Most Sincerely Yours
Mrs. George Shafer

James M. Hammond
Danville
New York

P.S. He died in Sparta
Now Candill, New York also his wife and
they are buried about six miles
below Danville. Her name was  
Mary Stewart Gray
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Postage stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE A AUG 19 1925

Dansville, N. Y.
Aug. 17, 1925

pension Bureau,
Wash
D. C.
Gentlemen: Having Written
to you July 6, 1925 and receiving no
answer of any kind, I am writing again.
thinking perhaps
my first letter was
over looked.
I am eligable[sic] to join the D.A.R.
society under Andrew Gray.
In the 1876 edition of Lockwood
L. Doty's history of Livingston County
He says Andrew Gray was born in
Ireland, County Doune, Jan 1, 1757
Migrating to America he took part in
the Revolutionary war at the age of 17
He fought in the battle of Long Island
and was taken prisoner by the Hessians.
He escaped, and later took part in
other bloody battles.
after the close of the war he 
studied for the Ministry, preceding
his first sermon in 1793.  He died Aug 15, 1839.
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--2--
Will you please favor me with a
reply telling me if this Andrew
Gray who latter was a presbyterian
Minister in Sparta and Danville
New York also Belmont, and Ardmi
received a pension.

also any other facts that you
have at hand about him.

He married Mary Stewart of
Penna.  Would you have any way of
knowing the date of their marriage.

Thanking you in advance.
I am, Very Sincerely yours.
Mrs George T. Shafer.
c/o James M. Hammond Sr-
Dansville. New York-
Livingston Co.
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State of New York
Livingston County Ss. William Willison of
Genoa in the County of Cayuga aged
Eighty one years & upwards being first
duly sworn, doth depose & say, that he
has been intimately acquainted with
the Rev. Andrew Gray of Sparta
in Said County, a Soldier of the revolution
That he first became acquainted with
him, as such soldier in the spring season
of the year seventeen hundred seventy six
The said Andrew Gray served in the
war of the revolution from the time he
first knew him as such soldier in
1776 untill the month of June in the year
Seventeen hundred & Eighty.  That he served
in the thirteenth regiment of the Pennsylvania
Line commanded by Col Walter Stewart
untill the battle of Monmouth after which
the said Andrew Gray served as such
soldier, in the same line & under the
same officer, in a regiment called the
Second regiment untill the month of June
in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty-
     And this deponant further saith
that the said Andrew Gray was taken
a prisoner at the battle of Long Island.
on the twenty seventh day of August in the
year seventeen hundred & seventy six, that 
the field officers under whom the said
Andrew Gray served at said battle
were Col. Miles & Piper and Major Patten.
The regiment in which said Gray served
up to the time of the battle of Monmouth was
called & known as the thirteenth regiment
after which the same was dissolved or
assumed another name, at least that
under which the said Gray thereafter
served, towit the second regiment,
This Deponant would further say that
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the service of the said Andrew Gray in
the revolution/ during the time he knew
him as such, would amount to a-
period of four years and upwards-
commencing a ending as aforesaid-
& further this deponent saith not-
Subscribed and Sworn this 8th day   Wm Willison
of May 1833 before me and I certify that }
said William Willison is a person  }
of veracity and that his statement is  }
^entitled to credit-  }
Russel Day [illegible]

State of New York
Livingston County   I certify that Russel Day before whom the
preceding affidafit purports to have been sworn
to was at the date of the same a legally author
ized Justice of the Peace of said County. And
that know his name to the above Juont[?]
is his own proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and and[sic] seal of office this 9th day of August A.D.
1836            Chauncey R. Bond
                    Clerk of Livingston County
                    By. S.G. Haven Dep clk
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State of New York.
Livingston County ss. Moses Van Campen of the town of Sparta
in the county and state aforesaid, being duly sworn deposeth and
saith, that he this deponent is seventy seven years old and upwards
that he was a lieutenant in the army of the United States in the
war of the revolution, and is now a revolutionary pensioner. And
this deponent further saith that he is well acquainted with Rev.
Andrew Gray of the town of Sparta aforesaid, the same person
who on the twenty first day of April last past, in the presence of
this deponent, subscribed and swore to a declaration before Hon
James Faulkner, and has known him for about forty years
past, that during all that time the said Gray has been reputed
to have been a soldier in the United States army in the Pennsyl=
vania line,^ om the revolutionary war^ and that this deponent has never heard such reputa=
tion disputed or contradicted. And this deponent further saith
that during the whole time he has known him, the said Gray has sustained a high reputation for thruth and integrity. And
further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this 7th  }
day of August 1834 before me;  }
and I certify that I am well acquaint=  }   Moses Van Campen
ed with the said Moses Van Campen,  }
that he is a person of veracity, and that  }
his statement is entitled to credit.  }
S. Shannon Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Livingston County ⎬ I certify that Samuel Shannon before whom
the preceding affidafit was sworn to, was at
the date of the same a legally authorized Justice
of the peace of Livingston County aforesaid
And that his name to the above Jurat. & certif
icate of Credibility is his own proper hand
writing & signature
Witness my hand and seal of office at Genesee this 9th of August
A.D. 1834                           Chauncey R. Boud  Clk
                                          of Livingston County
                                          By. S.G. Haven [ ] Clk
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Andrew Gray
Petition for a
Pension for revolutionary
Services -
        ----------- 
March 7 1836
Refd to the Committee
on Rev Pensions
Apl 12, 1836. Bill No 547
Page 30

I am well acquainted with Mr. Gray, the
applicant named in the within papers: with the
witness Van Campen; with Judge Faulkner, and
with Justices Shannon and Day.  They are all
reputable and sound men, and men who would
neither swear carelessly, nor certify to the veracity of
men of doubtful character. Mr. Gray has been a
Clergyman for many years_ and I have not the
least doubt that what he sets forth in his declaration
is true; and that he fairly deserves the pension which
he seeks. The men whose names are signed to these
papers, would not be engaged in a transaction which
they did not consider creditable and just.
R.C. Fuller
2 March 1836
Page 31

To the Congress of the U States now in session:
The Petition of Andrew Gray of Sparta, in the State of New York,
respectfully represents:
That your Petitioner, having unsuccessfully applied
to the Commissioner of Pensions, for that relief which
he feels himself entitled to under the laws of his
Country, beg leave to lay his papers before Congress.
He does this without the any suspicion that, under the
form prescribed, that injustice has been done him by
the Commissioner; but under any general regulations,
individual cases of great severity, must often occur;
the advanced age & reversed circumstances of the
Petitioner, renders it impossible for him to procure
& lay before Congress the testimony necessary to show
the members of that body, that his is such a case.
He submits such papers as he is able to procure, under
a full confidence, that the rigid rules of your body
will be as far relaxed, if necessary, in his favor, as
sound discretion will admit.   And as in
duty bound jc.   Andw. Gray,
February 1836    by P.C. Fuller, his atty
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Revolutionary Claim
FREE
Andrew Gray
Spact
To the Hon' Secretary at War
Washington City
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Livingston County Dansville July 27th 1836
To the Hon. Secretary of the War
Department Washington

Sir
The application of the Rev. Andrew Gray for a pension has passed both Houses of Congress. It will be necessary for him to have from the war department a pension certificate will you Sir, have the goodness to enclose the pay certificate to me. Mr. Gray is a worthy respectable man, but the Infirmities of age has rendered him incapable of doing business him self therefore at his request I make the application for the above certificate his declaration will show the company and regiment he belongeed to.
I am Respectfully Sir
your Obed' Servt'
Moses Van Campen
Page 34

Stamp Dansville, NY  Aug 16
Aug 23
Andrew Grey
Sp act
Revolutionary Claims
FREE
Geo Wm. Crump Esquire
Acting Commission of Pensions
Washington City
AmG   Aug. 24 1836
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Revolutionary Claims
FREE
]Geo Wm. Crump Esquire
Acting Commission of Pensions
Washington City
Am G Aug 24 1836
Page 36

Dansville August 16 1836
Geo:  Wm Crump Esquire
Sir
Yours of the 4th Aust. came duly to hand, observing the date of the act for the relief of the Rev  Andrew Gray, it has not come to hand the Hon.P C Fuller presented his petition to Congress . in his letter to Mr. Gray of the passing of the bill he did not state that date of the Act and he is now absent from our State.  It appears taken from the Congressional Globe the bill passed the house of representatives  June 11th and in the Senate June the 25th.  Sir will you have the goodness to furnish us with the date of the Act, we then can comply with the whole of your directions.

I am respectfully Sir
your Obed. Servt
Moses Van Campen
Page 37

Andrew Gray
Dansville NY
June 12, 1835
FREE

June 17 NY
Hon. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Page 38

Andrew Gray
Dansville NY
June 12, 1835
June 17 NY
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Page 39

Village of Dansville Levingston Co, June 12th 1835
Hon. J. L edwards
Sir
The application of the Rev. Andrew Gray for a pension is considered by several gentleman that have been acquainted iwth ihm formany years to be just.  Some for 30 & 40 Years ago have heard him Relate the dangers and his Suffering in the war of the battles he was in, his being taken prisioner on Long Isle. XC and are so well satisfied of his character for truth and veracity, had that they believed he rendered the Service as set forth in his declaration; So many years have elapsed Since the war of the revolution & the few Survivors being scatered over this Large Continent, that it is in some cases. Impossible to procure two living witnesses, it is presumed, that the pension Department only wants to be satisfied the applicant are justly entitled to a pension of such Testimony as above mentioned can be received you will please to return his declaration.
I am Sir with great Respects
Your Obed' Humble Servt.
Moses Can Campen
Page 40

Stamp Dansville NY
Sep 6
Sept 12
NY
Recd
Page 41

FREE Fres
James L. Edwards Esq.
Compr. of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
Page 42

Dansville Livingston County  Sept. 6 1884
Sir
Enclosed I return the papers of Andrew Gray iwth such additional proof as he has been able to procure.  Please direct future communications in relation to this case to Benjamin E. Cook Es. of this plac.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
James Proudfit
Page 43

4218
P.O.   
Andrew Gray
Service:___________________________
Enlisted:________Rejected    18
Discharged: ______________, 18

Application filed:_________________, 18
1852 poirnted less shows reasons of suspension.
Alleges:   Suspended for defective proof and papers by P.C. Fuller 
Re-enlisted: Mch 1-1836
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1925- Aug 25 Hist to Mrs. GEorge L. Shafer. MMHF
Rev
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 21218
Andrew Gray
widow of 
Andrew Gray
Priv Rev. War
Act  March 3rd /43
Index"  Vol.  A   Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870]
Page 45

Sept 12
Stamp  Dansville NY Sep 2
Andrew Gray  Sp Act.
Page 46

Revolutionary Claim
FREE
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commiss of pensions
Washington City
Page 47

Livingston Dansville Sept 3rd 1836
Hon. J L Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I send you the affidavit of the Rev. Andrew Gray Seting forth some of his services in the Army of the revolution. the years which he servced, It  was thought unnecessary to set forth the battles he was in and his being Captain ?  by the british  S C their is no doubt of hte justness of his application

I am very Respectfully 
your Obed' Sevt
Moses Van Campen
Page 48

Dansville NY
June 23                                 Free
John F Curtis Esq.
Post Master
Carrow
Via Rochester & Saday
Wayne Co
MS
Page 49

Huran NY 
[illegible]
12015
July 5, 1841
Mary Gray
July 7 1835
J Fleutis, PU 
Hon J L Edwards C
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
DC.
Page 50

Huran NY
[illegible]
12015
July 5,1841
Mary Gray  July 7,1835
j Fleuits PU
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
DC.
Page 51

12015
Mary Gray
NY
Act 7 July 38
m 93 d Bay 39
adm
8027
782
[illegible]
80 from 13
 aug 39 this day of her husband death
also act 3 March 43
 J L Curtis Esq
Huron
NY
Page 52

HR 547
Andrew Gray
$80 per annum com
4 March 1831 - Albany
Toll - Act 28 June
1836  Send Cert. to 
Moses Van Campen
Dansville
Livingston Co
let to M Van Campen
Aug 4,1836
Ent.
Page 53

War Deparmtent
Pension Office
March 31, 1836

Sir,
I have the honor to return here with  the papers in the case of Andrew Gray and to inform you that his claim was not admitted because his name did not appear ont he rolls.  In order to establish his claim to a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 it will be necessary for him to comply with the requisitions of note in the enclosed printed sheet. 
I have the honor to be 
very respectfully 
your  Obt Sevt.
J L Edwards

Hon. H F Janes
House of Representatives
Page 54

24th CONGRESS
1st. Session  
H.R. 547.
APRIL 12, 1836
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Janes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following Bill:
In Act  A BILL
Granting a pension to Andrew Gray 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,  That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Andrew Gray, of Sparta, in the county of Livingston, in the State of New York, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of eighty dollars per annum during his natural life, to commence on the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- one.
Approved 28th June 1836
A true copy compared with the role of his office.
Dept. of Mat.
June 30th  1836
Asbury Dickins 
Chief Clerk
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HR No. 547
24th CONGRESS,
1st Session.
[Rep. No. 556.]  Ho. OF EPS
ANDREW GRAY.
[To accompany bill H.R.No. 547.]
---------------
APRIL 12, 1836.
---------------
Mr. JANES, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the
following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the pe-
tition of Andrew Gray, report:
It appears, by the sworn declaration of the said Andrew Gray, that he
enlisted in to the army of the revolution in the year 1776, in a company
commanded by Capt. Whitsall and Col. Miles's regiment of riflemen in
the Pennsylvania line; that he, with the regiment, marched through New Jersey to New York, and from thence to Long Island; that he was in the
battle fought on said island on the 27th day of August of the same year, at
which battle he was taken prisoner and detained in captivity until the en-
suing winter, when he was exchanged and returned to his regiment, which
had been reorganized after the aforesaid battle as the thirteenth Pennsyl-
vania regiment and commanded by Col. Walter Stewart; that he was per-
mitted to go to his home on furlough until the latter part of the winter or
early in the spring of 1778, when he joined his regiment at Valley Forge;
that he was in the battle at Monmouth, at which place his regiment was
again broken up, and afterwards reorganized and known as the second
Pennsylvania regiment, and that he continued with the same in constant
duty until discharged in the spring of 1780.
William Willison, who is certified to be a man of credibility, testifies that
he became acquainted with the said Gray as a soldier in the spring of 1776;
that he knows said Gray served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution
from that time until the month of June, 1780, and that he was taken pri-
soner at the battle on Long Island, on the 27th of August, 1776; that the
regiment in which he served was broken up at the battle of Monmouth, and
organized anew as stated by said Gray, and that his whole term of service, as 
a revolutionary soldier, was upwards of four years.
Moses Van Campin a lieutenant in the revolutionary war and now a
pensioner, testifies that he has been well acquainted with the said Gray for
about forty years, and that during the whole time he has been reputed as a
soldier of the revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania line.
The Hon. P. C. Fuller, member of Congress from the State of New York,
certifies that he is well acquainted with the said Gray; that he is a repu-
table man, and has been a clergyman for many years.
The petitioner's claim has been rejected by the Commissioner of Pen-
------------------------
Blair & Rives, printers.
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2  Rep. No. 556.]
sions. By a rule of the Department, in all cases where the name of the ap-
plicant is not found on the rolls, two witnesses proving the service are 
required.
The Committee are of opinion that the declaration of the said Gray under
oath; the testimony of William Willison to the actual service; the tra-
ditionary evidence of Van Campin, and the certificate of the Hon. Mr. Ful-
ler, establish beyond a reasonable doubt, that the petitioner served a suffi-
cient length of time to entitle him to a full pension, and to that effect re-
port a bill.
Page 57

State of New York
Livingston County] ss

On this thirty first day of August
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six personally appeared before me Samuel Shannon a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the Town of Sparta, Livingston County aforesaid, the Reverend Andrew Gray of Sparta aforesaid, who being duly sworn doth depose and say that his deponent was a soldier and served in the Army of the Revolution, that said this deponent made application
to Congress for a pension for and on account of said services, that the petition of this deponent was presented to Congress as deponent is informed and believes by the Honorable Philo C. Fuller member of Congress representing the Counties of Alleghany and Livingston in the State of New York that an act was passed as deponent is informed and believes for the relief of this deponent on the twenty eighth day of June last. That deponent served in the Army of the
Revolution as a private soldier in a regiment of riflemen in the Pennsylvania Line under Colonel Miles, Lieut Col
Piper and Major Patten - Captain Whitsall, Lieut Gray and Ensign Grant-- but the number of the regiment deponent can not now and has never been able to recollect, deponent likewise served in the Pennsylvania line, the second
Regiment under the following officers to wit:  Colonel Walter Stewart, names of the others not recollected.
The first above mentioned service was in the year 1776, the second in the years 1777 and 1778. and further this deponent saith that Moses Van Campen is
authorized by this deponent to receive his pension or pay certificate and further saith not.
Andrew Gray

Subscribed & sworn to before me this
21st day of August 1836 

I, S. Shannon, have been well acquainted with Rev. Andrew Gray for the last twenty-one years and can readily discover that within the last three or four years that his memory is much impaired.
S. Shannon
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State of New York
Livingston County ⎬ss
 I Elias Clark, Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Samuel Shannon
Esquire before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken and subscribed was at the time of taking the said affidavit a
Commissioner of deeds in and for the said County legally authorized to act as such. And that I am acquainted with the hand of the said Samuel Shannon and verily believe his
name subscribed to the within affidavit to
be genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
this first day of September 1836
C. Clark,  Clerk
by J. W. Carlis, Dep Clerk
Page 59

Revolutionary
Suspended Claim
Andrew Gray
New York

Feb 1853
Hassler
Page 60

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or Heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, (illegible)
State of New York
COUNTY of Livingston
William Johnson Esquire
Be it known that before me
personally appeared
William Gray aged 52 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Andrew Gray
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in the State of New York
and that he died on the 13 day of Aug. 1839
and that his mother, Mary Gray died on the 10th day of April 1847 and that
they were married 1791, and that they were
residents of (illegible) in the State of Pennsylvania and that they resided there 4
years, and that he resides in Livingston Co. and that furthermore he BY THESE
PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with power of substitution, F. E.
Hassler, of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or land, that may be due him as Son of Andrew Gray, who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he
may be entitled.

In Witness Whereof, he has on this 6th day Jan 1853 hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Witness: Joseph Habins
Witness: Jane Gillespie
William Gray
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify that William Gray has always by the community been known as the son of Andrew Gray
Dated on this seventh day of January 1833
William Johnson J.P.