Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1666, William Gregory, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                                                  NUMBER
N.C.                            Gregory, Williams                S.1666

                                                                                carded
CONTENTS
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22.145
West Tennessee
William, Gregory
Smith Co. in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Comp'y [Company] commanded
by Captain Hern of the Reg't [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Clark in the W.C. We_ [?]
line for 8 months Jan 1780

Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Oct.
1833 and sent to J. Piskett
Carthage Tenn.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33                     $66.66
Seminal allowance ending 4 March [?] 33   $3 33
                                                                   $80.00
                                           {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                                 {Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by M[?] Allison Clerk,
Book 6. Vol. 7 Page 79
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State of Tennesee
Smith county }
on this 30th day of Sept 1832

Personaly affirmed in open court before John Chambers, Solomon Debor [crossed out], [caret] Zachary Woods, Isaac Goodall. The court of [?] and quarter sessions now sitting William Gregory a resident of smith county in the state of Tennessee aged sixty eight years last May who being duly sworn according to [illegible] 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 enlisted the services of the united states under the following named officers and served as [?]
That In the month of november in the year 1780 In chatham county state of north carolina he entered a volunteer for term of three months under Capt Wm Richardson in Col Litterels Regiment of [?] and after remaining at Litterels Barracks better than a month he marched with the regiment to Salisbury. There the British attacked and dispersed our troops He again joined his company and went on to where he joined Greens army there Col Litterel & captain Richardson return home after that This deployment served out his tour in doing duty under Capt Gregory and was discharged near Guilford courthouse afterwards in the year 1781 the month of september or october he joined Capt Hirn in orange county as a Volunteer in a company of Lighthorse in a town that was promised to exonerate the men from a tour of three months duty he marched with the com
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pany to Genl Sellington  Head quarters there continued untill disharged afterwards again in Chatham county N.C. He joined Capt Alexander Clark as a volunteer for three months in the past service and marched with the company to where it Joined Genl Butlers
army and continued with it to where it
met with the Tories at Senlys mill and had an
Engagement here the troops were dispersed and he returned home a short time and then agained Joined his captain and marched to the raft Swamp and from there to cross creek where he was discharged
He has no written discharge nor nor received
any or any other documentary evidence by which he can prove his services nor does he now know of any person by whom he can prove the same except Isham Busly and Bry Gregory whose testimony he offers he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or gratuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State
Sworn to and subscribed before at the day
and year aforesaid
J Bickett clk
William Gregory
State of Tennessee
Smith county
This day personally appeared before us John Chambers Solomon Debor and
Garmston Justices of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions now sitting Isam Busly aged 73 years who being first duly sworn on his oath says that he was well acquainted with Wm Gregory in Chatham County North Carolina at the commencement and through all the war and ever since that he knows of his own know
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ledge that he the said Gregory was in the service of the United States in the tour that he speaks of under Capt Richardson and also that he was in another tour after that under Capt Clark having seen him in the service on both these tours and he has every reason to believe that he served the other tour that he speaks of but it is not personally known by him the said Wm Gregory has always supported the character of a man of truth and ought to be believed from his genl reputation sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of [illegible] 1832
J Bickett Clk
Isham Beasley
State of Tennessee
Smith County 
on this 30th day of [illegible] in 1832 personaly appeared in open court before
John Chambers and Zachary Flood and
Isaac [Goodell? appears crossed through]  the court of pleas and quarter
sessions now being Bry Gregory a resident
of Smith County aged [illegible] 
years who being
duly sworn says that Wm Gregory is his
Brother and that he knows he did enter
the service as a volunteer under Capt Hern
in orange County N.C. and served his tour
as stated by him and he believes he served
the other tours spoken of by him sworn to
and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
J Bickett clk
Bry Gregory
And the court do hereby certify that in
their oppinion the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
States and further that the witnesses Isham Busly and Bry Gregory is enitled to credit on their oath
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Miles West a clergyman residing in said County makes oath that he is well acquainted with William Gregory the within named applicant for a pension and that he believes him  to be a man of truth. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
 J Bickett clk
Miles West
The Court also certifies that they are also well acquainted with Miles West the above named affiant and that he is a credible reputable person and entitled to full credit
John Chambers [seal]
Smith County Court
State of Tennessee
Smith County
I Jonathan Bickett Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County, do hereby certify that the fore going contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Gregory for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand affixed the seal
of said Court at Office in Carthage
this 5th day of September 1832
and 57th year of our Independence
 J Bickett clk [seal]
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Wm. Gregory 
W. Smith Co.
Tenn.


(e)

from 1780 private 
8 months 
$26.66/100 

J. Pickett,
Carthage 
Tenn.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
183

The evidence in support of 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 show 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. 

Statement, showing the Service of Wm Gregory [Table column 1]
Period when the service was rendered 
1780
1781
"

[Column 2]
Duration of the claimant's service. 
Years. Months. Days.
3 [months]
not stated
3[mpnths]

[Column 3]
Rank of the claimant. 
Pr.
Pr can.
Pr. Inf

[Column 4]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Col Siteral
Cap [Illegible]
" Clarke

[Column 5]
Age at present, 
and place of abode 
when he entered 
the service. 
68 
N.C. 

[Column 6]
Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
[Illegible]


The time engaged in actual service during the 2nd tour should be stated and not the time for which credit the time for which he received a credit.
I am, respectfully:
your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, mucicians 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,

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

Sate, Territory, or District of 
County of }88.

On this ___day of _____ personally appeared (a) before ________ A. B. a resident (b) of ________  in the county of _________ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 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) _____, with _______ and served in the ________(e) regiment of the __________ line, under the following named officers: ___________

[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 ____________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____________ 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. 

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. 
I, _______________ 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 exexpected
. 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
case.
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.
6.  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?
7. 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
enquiry 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
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 fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The age of the staunant 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 claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is cautied. 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
old age, 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
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 place 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 field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
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 public
seal 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
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on records of 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
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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May 15, 1939

BA-J/AWF [illegible]
William Gregory

Claude Gregory S. 1666
5590 Guilford Street
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Sir:

The record of William Gregory furnished herein was obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 1666, based upon his service in
the Revolutionary War.

William Gregory was born in the month of
May, 1764, place not given, nor are the names of
his parents shown.

William Gregory enlisted in Chatham County,
North Carolina, sometime in November, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain William Richardson's and Captain Gregory's companies, in Colonel Litteral's North Carolina regiment, was in an engagement at Salisbury. He served in 1781, about two months in Captain Hern's company of Light Horse, and again in 1781, served three months in Captain Alexander Clark's company, and was in the battle of Lindley's Mill.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee.

Bry Gregory, brother of the soldier, William
Gregory, was living in 1832 in Smith County, Tennessee. It is not shown that the Captain Gregory,
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under whom the soldier, William Gregory, served in 1780, was a relative.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address 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 furnish the following data:

William Gregory
Certificate #22145
Issued October 14, 1833
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Amended Declaration of William Gregory
William Gregory an applicant for a pension
know in open court makes oath, that {illegible}
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to [illegible] in length of his service as a solder in
the Revolution, but according to the best
of his recollection he served 6 months
in the infantry, and performed an tour
of duty as a dragoon, or mountainman
which he obtained a credit for 3
months more in the infantry, making
in all nine (9) months since, performed in the defence of the country. He served in the capacity of a private Soldier and
that during the time he was
to the service of the Country, he was
not engaged in any civil present whatever
Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court the 4 June 1833
William Gregory
J Bickett clk
Present
Eum Whitly David Dauglass and Isaac
Goodell Esquires - Presiding at the time
the above amended declaration &
affidavit was made
Attest
 J BIckett clk
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State of Tennessee
Smith County
I, Jonathan Bickett Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County
do hereby certify that the
the within amended declaration of William
Gregory, was subscribed and sworn to in open
Court before Eum Whitly David Dauglass
and Isaac Goodell, Esquires, Justices of
the peace for said County, then presiding in
said Court, on the 4th day of Jun 1833
In Testimony where I have
thereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at office
in Carthage this 5th day 
June 1833. and 57th year
of our Independence
J Bickett clk
[seal]
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State of Tennessee
Smith County
This day William Gregory
personally appeared before me Branch Nunly
one of the acting Justices of the peace for said
County, and made oath that he served
as a dragoon or mounted man, in the war
of the Revolution, the [illegible] of [illegible]
this was his second tour of duty. He served
in all in the Revolutionary war, the time
of seven (7) months Sworn to and
Subscribed before me this 24th day of
September 1833
Branch Nunley J P William Gregory

State of Tennessee
Smith County
I Jonathan
Pickett Clerk of the Court of pleas &
Quarter Sessions for said
County, do
hereby certify that Branch Nunly be
fore whom the above affidavit was
made now is and was at the time of
the making the same one of the
acting Justices of the Court of pleas
and Quarter Sessions for said County
duly commissioned and qualified and
to Law In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
at office in Carthage, this
24th day of September 1833
[illegible] year of our Independence
J. Pickett Clerk
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May 15, 1939.

Claude Gregory BA-J/ILL [illegible]
5590 Guilford Street William Gregory
Detroit, Michigan. S. 16666

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William and Thomas Gregory, soldiers of North Carolina, who, you state, received pensions in Smith County, Tennessee, in 1840.

A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Thomas Gregory who resided in Smith County,
Tennessee, or in ane other county in that state. If you will furnish the approximate dates of birth and death of the particular Thomas Gregory in whom you are interested, and the name of the
county in which he resided in North Carolina, another effort will be made to aid you in your research.

The record of William Gregory is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

The other pensioner listed
in 1840. Smith Co. Tenn
is Berry Gregory.
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April 15, 1939
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/MOS
Bry Gregory, S.2249
William Gregory, S.1660

Mr. W. L. Gregory
c/o The Plaza Bank of St. Louis
1230 Olive Street
St. Louis. Missouri

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers, Thomas, William and Berry, Bray or Bry
Gregory.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States and based on the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful
search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a Thomas Gregory who was born about 1740 and died in
Smith County, Tennessee, in 1818.

You are furnished herewith, the records of Bry (given name does not appear as Berry or Bray) Gregory and William Gregory as shown by papers on file in their claims for pension.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

See his letter in Bry
Gregory S.2249
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April 15, 1939

BA-J/AWF
William Gregory

Mr. W. L. Gregory    S. 1666
c/o The Plaza Bank of St. Louis
1230 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri

Dear Sir:

The record of William Gregory furnished herein was obtained from papers on file in claim
for pension, S. 1666, based upon his service in
the Revolutionary War.

William Gregory was born in the month of
May, 1764, place not given, nor are the names of
his parents shown.

William Gregory enlisted in Chatham County,
North Carolina, sometime in November, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain William Richardson's and Captain Gregory's companies, in Colonel Litteral's North Carolina regiment, was in an engagement at Salisbury. He served in 1781, about two months in Captain Hern's company of Light Horse, and again in 1781, served three months in Captain Alexander Clark's company, and was in the battle of Lindley's Mill.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee.

Bry Gregory, brother of the soldier, William
Gregory, was living in 1832 in Smith County, Tennessee. It is not shown that the Captain Gregory,
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under whom the soldier, William Gregory, served in 1780, was a relative.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address 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 furnish the following data-

William Gregory
Certificate #22145
Issued October 14, 1833
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 23, 1939

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BA-J//MCS
Bry Gregory, 2.2249

Mrs. Robert Hamilton   William Gregory, S.1666
30 Selvidge Street
Dalton, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Berry and William Gregory, who were pensioned in 1832 while living in Smith County, Tennessee, also the record of Tapley Gregory who served in the War of 1812.

You are furnished herewith, the records of Bry Gregory, S.2249, (the given name does not appear as Berry) and William Gregory, S.1666.

The War of 1812 pension records of this office fail to afford any information relative to a soldier named Tapley Gregory.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 24, 1939

BA-J/AWF
William Gregory

Mrs. Robert Hamilton            S. 1666
30 Selvidge Street
Dalton, Georgia

Dear Madam:

The record of William Gregory furnished
herein was obtained from papers on file in
claim for pension, S. 1666, based upon his
military service in the Revolutionary War.

William Gregory was born in the month of
May, 1764, place not given, nor were the names
of his parents stated.

William Gregory enlisted in Chatham County,
North Carolina, sometime in November, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain William Richardson's and Captain Gregory's companies, in Colonel Litteral's North Carolina regiment, was in an engagement at Salisbury. He served in 1781, about two months in Captain Hern's company of Light Horse, and again in 1781, served three months in Captain Alexander Clark's company, and was in the battle of Lindley's Mill.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Smith County, Tennessee.

Bry Gregory, brother of the soldier, William
Gregory, was living in 1832 in Smith County,
Tennessee. It is not shown that the Captain
Gregory under whom the soldier, William Gregory served in 1780, was a relative.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
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further discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data-

William Gregory
Certificate #22145
Issued October 14, 1833
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 3, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXX

William Gregory-S. 1866
Mrs. Louise Boyd        BA-J/AWF
3731 Chester Street
El Paso, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to four letters from your address, signed Mrs. J. M. Gregory, Miss Louise Gregory, Mrs. Lois G. Skinner and by yourself, in which were requested the Revolutionary War records of William Gregory, pensioner of Smith County, Tennessee, Berry Gregory, pensioner of same county, and War of 1812 records of Stephen Bedford, Tapley Gregory and John Wear.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon
Revolutionary War service of a Berry Gregory; the pensioner of Smith County, Tennessee, was Bry Gregory. If your ancestor were a Berry Gregory, it is presumed the record of Bry Gregory would not be of interest to you.

There are no claims for pension on file based
upon service in the War of 1812, of a Stephen Bedford or Tapley Gregory. With the information furnished, no record could be identified of any particular soldier, John Wear.

The record of William Gregory is given herein as
found in pension claim, S. 1666, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

William Gregory was born in May, 1764, place not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

William Gregory enlisted in Chatham County, North Carolina, in November, 1780, served three months as private in Captains William Richardson's and Gregory's companies, Colonel Litteral's North Carolina regiment, was in an engagement at Salisbury. He served in 1781 a month or two in Captain Hern's company of Light Horse, and again in 1781, served three months in Captain Alex-
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ander Clark's company, was in the battle of Lindley's Hill.
William Gregory was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, then a resident of Smith County, Tennessee.
Bry Gregory, brother of the soldier, William Gregory, was a resident in 1832 of Smith County, Tennessee. It is not shown that the Captain Gregory under whom the soldier, William Gregory, served in 1780, was a relative.
There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of William Gregory.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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AWS
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

March 25 1924.

A. P. Gregory,
233 W. Lincoln St.,
White Hall, Ill.

Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1666, it appears that William Gregory was born in May 1764. Place not stated.
While residing in Chatham County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War.
He was allowed pension, for eight months service as a private in the North Carolina Troops, on his application executed September 3, 1832, while a resident of Smith County, Tennessee.
It is not stated whether soldier ever married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Mar. 25 - 1939.
Dept of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs; -
My great-grand parents, Thomas, and William Gregory were Revolutionary soldiers of North Carolina. They were receiving Federal pensions in Smith County, Tenn, in 1840. If there is any Information in the records of both or either of these soldiers relating to their war service, dates of birth and Death, place of birth, marriage, children, etc. I would appreciate it very much if you passed it on to me.
With thanks for any possible consideration of my request, I am
Sincerely yours,
Claude Gregory

5590 Guilford St.
Detroit, Mich.
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30 Selvidge Street
Dalton, Georgia
Dec. 2, 1938

Received
Dec 5 1938

Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
Will you please send me the pension record of William Gregory and his brother Berry Gregory who saw service in the Revolution
from Chatham Co., N.C. They were both pensioned in Sept 1832 then living in Smith Co. Tenn.
If you have any record of Tapley Gregory who saw service in the war of 1812, I would like to get this.
I will appreciate anything you can give me.
Thanking you very much.
Yours truly
Ruth Gregory Hamilton
(Mrs. Robert Hamilton)
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3721 Chester St.
El Paso, Texas
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am endeavoring to prove my relationship
to William Gregory, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War, who received a pension in Smith
County, Tennessee. Can you give me the
War record of this man. Any personal
or family history would be of assistance.
Can you give me also the War record
of Berry Gregory, who received a pension
in Smith County Tennessee, also any
history concerning him would be
greatly appreciated.
Yours truly
Mrs. Louis Boyd
3721 Chester St
El Paso, Texas
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HENRY EVANS                                                 J.F. DONICA
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD                            PRESIDENT
00 MAIDEN LANE. NEW YORK CITY                
                               Organized 1860
FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Cedar Rapids - Iowa
C.N. JENKINS               "AMERICA FORE"           ERNEST STURM
Vice-Pres't and Sec'y                                                Sec'y and Tress.
                                                         WHITE HALL. ILL. 2/21/24.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir; I am anxious to get the service record of my great-grandfather during the
Revolution. His name was William. H. Gregory, commonly called Billie, he may have enlisted under either name. His home was in North Carolina and I think he served with
troops from that state, but might have been with Virginia or South Carolina troops.

His service record was lost some years ago and I would like to get it again.
I do not think he received a pension but he had a land warrant for land in western
Illinois, same was not used however as he settled in middle Tennessee and spent his
life there. I think he served something like the last two years of the war, being
too young to join sooner.

If records in your office do not contain his service record, could you tell me
where I might possibly obtain same.

Respectfully, AP Gregory
A.P. Gregory,
233 W. Lincoln St.
White Hall, Ill.
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Rev War. 1666 1924 - Mch. 25. Hist. to A. P. Gregory aws.
1934 - Apr. 3. " " Mrs. Louise Boyd
1939 - Jan. 24. " " " Robt Hamilton aws
1939. Apr. 15. " " " W. L. Gregory - See
his letter [illegible] Bry Gregory S.2249 [illegible]
1939 - May 15 - [illegible] to Claude Gregory

INVALID.
File No. 1666
William Gregory
Thos. N. Cuttie

Act: June 7. 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870)