Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7573, James Gray, Va.
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Gray, James                W 7573
         Elizabeth        B.L.Wt.19.516-160-55
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                                     7584
West Tennessee
James Gray
of Murfeesboro in the State of W Tenn who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Rogers of the _____________commanded
by ______________ in the South Carolina line for 1 year
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Rev. Wid. File No 7573

1880 Apr 8 James T Sutton, see letter
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Vol. G 128
May 8/5/ Sent to [illegible] office D.P.P.
March 17/59. Lot to K Company Franklin Tenn FJ
147.150 Act March 2/ SS
May 25 /[illegible]
Elizabeth Gray,
widow of James Gray Priv
War of Revolution
Pensioned Act July 4 1806
[illegible]
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4041
Nashville 
Tennessee
Elizabeth Gray
widow of James Gray
who died on the 5 Nov 1832
of [illegible] in the State of Tenn
who was a priv in the Co commanded
by Captain Rogers of the Reg commanded by
_____________________ in the So Caro line for one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 40 dollars 00 cents per annum,
to commence on the  5 Nov 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of July
1844 and sent to Hon DW Dickinson Murfeesboro
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi=annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3
Recorded by F.L. Swann Clerk,
Book C  Vol. [illegible] page 198,

Reg   mss 147150
rep 2 July
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James Gray 23003
State of Tennessee, Williamson County
On this 11 day of  October 1832 personally appeared before me  George Shannon a justice of the peace and of the court of pleas and quarter session of Williamson County, out of court, James Gray aged 74 years, a resident of said county and state and being just duly sworn both on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of an act of congress [illegible] 7 June 1832: that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
I was born in Halifax county Virginia where I lived when I served my first tour which was three months. I was drafted into Capt Rogers company. I do not recollect the time but know it was very cold weather
We were marched from Halifax to Williamsburgh from thence to Portsmouth, where I staid with the troops until I was discharged signed by Capt Rogers. I do not recollect any other officer that was out with the troops with whom I served
I entered into my second tour in the year 1779 the month I do not recollect into Col Rogers (who had been promoted from Captain) regiment I do not recollect my captain's name but recollect my Lieutenant was Yearly. We were marched from Halifax
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to Salisbury where after staying some time we were marched on towards Charleston where the British had gone. In about  12 of 14 miles of Charleston at Stone Ferry we had a skermish with the British who defeated us and we retreated and shortly after returned home and I got a discharge. This second tour I think I had a six month tour and expect I entered in February or March and was discharged in July or August.
In my third tour I entered into Capt Fleming Bates Company and I think in the month of July or August and in the  1781. We marched from Halifax to Little York where we staid until after the surrender at Cornwallis. From thence we marched to Fredricksburgh where I was discharged signed by Flem Bates Capt Wood Jones. Maj Comtana regt. October 31 1781. 
This was a three month tour and my last one. I was drafted every one of my tours and the discharge of my last tour is now in my possession which I here annex marked (A)
I was born in 1758 in Halifax Virginia where I lived until 1810 when I left that county of Virginia and settled in Powells valley from thence I moved to Indiana. From thence I came to this county Williamson county where I now live and has
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been living ever since and now live
He has no record of his age but thinks he is 74 years of age. He has often heard his parents tell him that he was born in 1758. He knows of no person in this county who can  prove his service. He has no documentary evidence of his service except the one discharge signed by Capt Bates He names Augusta Holland, Peter Pinkston , Thomas P Kensey, George Barnes Esqh and John Chadwell who can testify to my character as a revolutionary soldier and their belief as to my service. He Inishely  [initially] relinquished every claim to a pension or amnesty who [illegible] except the present and declare my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore said before me George Shannon off
James Gray his mark  X
We   Garner M Bonico a clergyman resident in Williamson county and Peter Pinkston, Thomas P Carsey also residents of the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we
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concur in that opinion
this day and year aforesaid
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me George Shannon off
Garner M Comico
 James Gray
 Peter Pinkston
And the said Yankee does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interogations 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 him that Garner M Conico who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of williamson county and that Thomas P Carsey who had also signed the same are residents of the said county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. and the court further certifies that the said applicant James Gray is so infirm of body as not to be able to leave his own house and attend court this the day and year aforesaid
I do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the proseding of the said Justice George Shannon in the matter of the application of James Gray for a pension the itinerary where of I have  herein to set my hand.
The State of Tennessee
I Thomas Hardman clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Williamson do certify that George Shannon Esquire whose signature appears above and before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is now and was at the time of making such affidavit an acting Justice Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Williamson aforesaid daily commission and sworn the full faith and credit are due his official acts and such.  In [illegible] by which I have hereto subscribed my name and append the seal of court this 7th  February 1833. Thos Hardman
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state of Tennessee
County of Williamson 
On this the 4th day of November AD one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared before me A Justice of the peace of the  state and County aforesaid Mrs. Elizabeth Gray A resident of the State of Tennessee and County of Williamson Aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 that she is the widow of James Gray who was a Malitiaman in the Revolution war in the State of Virginia and to the best of her Recollection he served Twelve months as a Private and was at Little York at the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis that she doth recollect the officers he served under and her husband the said James Gray was a pensioner and drew a pension in Nashville Tennessee to the day of his death which occurred on the 5th day of November 1832 and She further declares to the best of her Recollection that She was married to the said James Gray in Caswell County North Carolina the County adjoining Halifax County Va where she was raised in the fall of 1781. that She has no record of her marriage either Church or  Parish and that she remained the widow of James Gray
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ever Since his death as will more fully appear by Reference to the proof hereto annexed. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written.
              Elizabeth Gray
R.B.B. Cannon
Justice of the peace for Williamson County
The applicant Elizabeth Gray is unable to appear in court from bodily infirmity
R.B.B. Cannon
Justice of the peace for Williamson County
State of Tennessee
Williamson County on this fourth day of November 1842 personally appeared before me A Justice of the Peace of the County of Williamson and State aforesaid Joseph Hicks age Seventy one years old doth certify that he knew Mrs. Elizabeth Gray who hath Subscribed to the earlier declaration and James Gray deceased her husband to have lived in Halifax County State of Virginia ever since he had any Recollection at least Sixty years and ever since his residence in this State and I have [illegible] heard of the  ligality of the marriage of James Gray and his widow Elizabeth  disputed in Virginia or Tennessee.
Sworn to and the day and year last within written
Joseph Hicks
RBB Cannon
Justice of the peace for Williamson County
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State of Tennessee
Williamson County
On this 7th day of November 1842 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of County of Williamson and state of aforesaid Mr Henry Gray aged Seventy years doth certify that he knew Mrs. Elizabeth Gray who hath subscribed to within declaration and James Gray deceased her husband ever since he had any recollection at least sixty two years ago that he recollects the day when James Gray and now his widow Elizabeth Gray went from Halifax County State of Virginia over to Caswell County State of North Carolina, the distance of about two miles from the place where she was raised to the place where they was married and that he saw them when they went to get married and saw them the evening they returned and has no hesitation in stating that they was lawfully married and he never knew on kind of the legality of the marriage of Gray and now his widow Elizabeth Gray disputed either in the state of Virginia or State of Tennessee and he further declared that he lived at James Grays house with his wife when he was in the service of his Country at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at little york Virginia and  that the said James Gray deceased the 5th day of November 1832
Sworn and subscribed the day and year both within written before me
R.M. McDaniel           Henry Gray
Justice of the peace Williamson Tennessee
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I do certify that Henry Gray is a man of Respectability and Strict veracity


R.M. McDaniel. J. P.
Williamson County
State of Tennessee
on this the 8th day of November 1842 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of the County of Williamson and state aforesaid Mr. James Smith aged seventy five years doth certify that he knew Miss Elizabeth Stokes now Mrs. Elizabeth Gray who hath subscribed to the written declaration and James Gray deceased her husband ever since he had any recollection at least sixty five years since that he knew them before they was married and after they was married in Halifax County State of Virginia and since their residence in Williamson county State of Tennessee and has never heard of the legality of the marriage of James Gray and now his surviving Widow Elizabeth Gray disputed either in the State of Virginia or Tennessee and he further declares that he has no hesitation in stating that they was legally married. Sworn  and subscribed the day and year both within riten before me
James Smith
G.H. Leigh Justice of the Peace of Williamson County
I do certify that James Smith is a man of high standing and respectability and veracity and the above was entire [illegible] before assigned
G.H. Leigh Justice of the Peice of Williamson County
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aso 141.150
Declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Gray
 Widow  of James Gray
for Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855
Nashville May 21/55
[illegible] after examination Warrant be allowed, please forward to me.
          Respectfully
      Smith and and Jones
[illegible] of Presidency
Washington

SMITH &  JONES Agents
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     BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
FORM OF  ACTION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER
State of Tennessee, County of Williamson
On this 8th day of May  A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Gray aged 95 years, a resident of Williamson County in the State of Tennessee, who  being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James Gray, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War in the not known Regiment of Not Known commanded by ____________________in the war with England declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812 that her said husband not known at not known on or about the not known day of not known A.D. of not known and continued in actual service in said war for the term of not known and was honorably discharged at Fredericksburg, Va on the not known and she further states that she was married   to the said James Gray in North Carolina on the ----------------day of October  A.D. 1780 by one Archer Surfice a ----------- and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Stokes that her said husband died in Williamson County on the 5th day of November  A.D. 1832 and that she is now a widow . She further states that she is a resident of the  United States at [illegible] 1836. Section at the rate of $40.00 per annum and she respectfully refers to her pension papers on file  in [illegible]office. she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d 1855."
Elizabeth Gray her mark
We, Alexander Gray and James J. Sayers, residents of Williamson County in the state of Tennessee upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Gray in our presence; and that we believe, from appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
James J. Sayers
[illegible] Gray
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed to before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Gilbert Marshall J.P.
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
Sir, I request that my claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress passed March 3, 1855 be examined and if I am entitled to Land, that the warrant or Certificate therefor be sent to Smith & Jones, at Nashville, Tennessee who I  hereby constitute My Attorney in fact for that purpose and for  my benefit.
Acknowledged before me the 8th day of   May A.D. 1855
Gilbert Marshall J.P.
I Lemuel B. McConnico Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Gilbert Marshall Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgement, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his are genuine.
In TESTIMONY  I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, this 12 day of May 1855
L. B. McConnico Clerk
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Yancyville N.C. Jan 31
25
Mrs. Elizabeth Gray
Franklin P.O.
Williamson County, Tennessee
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Know all men by these presents that we James Gray and Wolsey Pride are held and firmly bound unto his excellency Abner Nash Esquire Governor and his successors in the just and full sum of one thousand pounds to be paid to the said Abner Nash Esq and his successors to the which payment is well and truly made we bind ourselves and our heirs even if jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our Seals and dated this 29th day of November 1780
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above [illegible] and James Gray hath this day of the date of these presents obtained a license to be joined in holy matrimony with Elizabeth Stokes.
Now if there should be no just cause why the said James Gray and Elizabeth Stokes should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony then the above obligation shall void or else to stand in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered in presence of James Gray his mark, Woolsey Pride his mark
Archer Murphy
State of North Carolina
Caswell County
I Alisha Slade Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the marriage bond of James Gray and Elizabeth Stokes.
In Testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 30th day of January 1844
A. Slade Clerk of Caswell County Court
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No 23003
James Gray
Williamson County Tennessee

for Private
12 months
$40
The ?ardman Clerk Williamson County Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office, 
183
Sir,
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 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.
A Statement showing the Service of James Gray Williamson County, Tennessee
Period when the service was rendered  Duration of the claimant's service  Rank of the claimant Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Names and Rank of the General and  Field officers.  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period.  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Draft  3 (months)  private  Captain Rogers    Marched to Williamsburgh   74 years Halifax County, Virginia  Traditionary Evidence  Clergymans certificate [illegible] certificate Credible Documentary evidence not properly attached to declaration the declaration correct
Entered 1781  3 (months)  private  Captain Fleming Bates  Charleston marched to Little York staid there till Corn Wallis Surrender then marched to FredericksBurgh
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

Entered 1779  6 (months)  private  Captain Rogers  to Portsmouth to Salisbury
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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", and "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
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of
County of           }ss.
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 if the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 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.
(drawing of pointing hand) 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]       A.B.
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.
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 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 atlempted; 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 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 Revolutiuon.
The Court will see that he 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 genera,l 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.

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(a) 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.
(b) 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 conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) 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 Deparetment 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 of 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 of 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: [blank] For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank], For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 prase 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 field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the recrods 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.
[finger stamp pointing right] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applied to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[handwritten]
A
Gray James
W.7.573
Va.
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Octobr the 31 1781 Camp Hear
Fredricksburg Mr Barerherg
James Gray being unfit for
Duty is hereby Discharged

Hon Bater Capl
Wood Jonas Maj. Com.
9th Reg.t
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BLwr
19516 - 160-55

Revy Widow, &c.

File No. 7573
Elizabeth Gray
Wid.
James Gray
Pvt. S. C. line

Act: July 4th/36, Sec 3.d

Index: - Vol. A, Page 286

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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5713
Elizabeth Gray
Ten:
act 4 July '36

m 80

aomo
12 mo pu
40. from

5 nov 1832 the day of
her husbands death

Hon D W Dicksinson
Murfreesboro
Ten:
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The State of Tennessee ss
I Lemuel Bell [illegible] clerk of the county court of
[illegible] County in the State of Tennessee aforesaid do hereby
certify that Richard BB [illegible] whose Signatures appear to
the annexed affidavits of Elizabeth Gray and Joseph Hicks
that Robert M McDaniel whose signatures appears to the
annexed affidavits of Henry Gray and that Gilbert H Leigh
whose signature appears to the annexed affidavit of James Smith
are now and were at the making of said affidavits acting Justices
of the peace in and for the county of Williamson aforesaid duly
commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are
due their official acts and that the Signatures to the
annexed affidavits purporting to be theirs are genuine
I further certify that said Elizabeth Gray has been proved
to be the widow of the said James Gray before the County
court of said on the third day of July 1833

In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said court
at office this 14 day of November 18112

Lemuel B. [illegible]
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147.150 Act March 3/55

Elizabeth Gray, wid of
James Gray - pri
Va. line.

[illegible' 19.516 fn 160 [illegible]
Comanded [illegible] 8/57
Died before issue

M.
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[illegible]
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James Gray West Ten: $40. Act 7. June 32, last paid?
[illegible]

1 July 44
Died 5th Nov.r 1832. Paid to the day of his death

B S Boyan

(On the Nashville Roll.)
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Old War
1955
Elizabeth Gray

[rubber stamp}
Department of the Interior
Nov 
24
1879
Office

Widow

"Wide." #7573

Act 1819 OFB.
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(Pensioner Dropped.)

U. P Pension Agency,

[rubber stamp:
U. S. Pension [illegible]
Nov
19
1879
Knoxville, Tenn

Hon J. A. Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
I hereby report that the name of Elizabeth Gray
"Act [illegible] 3rd 1853." who was a pensioner on the rolls
of this Agency, under Certificate No. 1955, and who was
last paid at $8, to April 13th, 1878, has
been dropped, because of death. S.d Elizabeth [illegible] Robinson m "R.O."
from 4th Mch 1878, to 13th April 1878. = $10 [illegible]

Very respectfully,

D S Boynton
Pension Agent.

Every name dropped to be thus reported at once.
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Lfb72 44

Eliz Gray
Tenn wh 36

Nancy Byrd

Am on margin
office

Sept 12 1844

[following written perpendicular to the above:]

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commis.r of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 

South Warpith
Septemr 4 ]
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South Harpeth Tennessee
Sept. 3d 1844

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
It appears the name of 
Elizabeth Gray, widow of James Gray ( late of
Williamson County Ten.) is enrolled on the
agency at Nashville under the act of July
4th 1836: as the certificate has never been
received, please Sir, inform me what has
become of the same, and you will much
oblige me by directing a few lines to me
at South Harpeth  Davidson County Ten
Very Respectfully
your obt Servant
Ezra Holstead

Also please inform me what has been the issue
of the application of Mrs Nancy Byrd, widow
of Bayler Byrd of Williamson County Ten.
E. Holstead
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Tenn

Eliz Gray

Hn D. A . Dickenson

[following written perpendicular to above]

Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
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H. R.

Sir

I inclose you the certificate, of
the marriage of Mr Gray of [illegible]

County Ten. who has an application
for a pension and before you -

I hope that this will remove the
difficulty which exists against her
claim.

very respectfully 
D. W. Dickinson
of Tenn

Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
23.rd May 1844
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feb 16. 1843.
Tenn

Elz Gray

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm.r of Pensions
Washington City
H. C.
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South Harpeth Ten.
Jany 3d 1843

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir

Enclosed you will
receive an amendment to the declaration
formerly made by Mrs Elizabeth Gray
of Williamson County Ten. for a pension
for the services of her husband James
Gray in the Revolution You will perceived
by her own declaration, and the affidavit
of Henry Gray that she was married
to her husband anterior to the last
period of his service, and that he Henry
Gray was living with said Elizabeth in
the absence of her husband whilst James
Gray was in actual service _ Should
there be any further objections to her application, or should this be sufficient
evidence, forward your objections or warrant
to me at South Harpeth, Tennessee
and you will much oblige.

Your Obedient Servt
Ezra Holstead
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No 5713
Elizabeth Gray
Tennessee
Suspended
See letter to Ezra Holstead Es
[crossed out: Dec.r 29th 1842]
Jan. 5. 1843

[illegible] to same Mar 20th 1843
[illegible] to same June 17 1843
[illegible] Hon E H Foster Decm 11. 1843
Act 4th July

See letter in case Ambrose Cayce, A 1821

19.516
Cancelled
[illegible]
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[rubber stamp:]
[illegible]
Feb.
9.
Ten.

Free
Honorable
Lewis Cass sec.y of the war
Department District of
Columbia
Pension Document

[written perpendicular to the above:]
Tenn
23002
3
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These Declaration of James
Bond + James Gray will be
returned to Franklin Tennessee
Williamson county
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May 4 1843
Tennessee

Elizabeth Gray

[following written perpendicular to above]

South Harpeth
April 26

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comms.r of Pensions
Washington City 
D. C.
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South Harpeth Tennessee
April 4th 1843

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir

Your communication
dated the 20th March relative to the application 
of Mrs Elizabeth Gray for a pension under the
Act of July 4th 1836 has been received. It appears
that you exact Record proof of the marriage
of Mrs Gray from the County where she
was married at this Sir cannot be had
as application has been made heretofore and
there is no Record of marriages that occurred
during the Revolution to be found at the
Clerks Office in any of the Counties in
Virginia and North Carolina that I have ever
applied to  - In your letter to me of Jany.
5th 1843 you state the testimony adduced
would be sufficient to show that James Gray
and Elizabeth his wife were married previous
to 1794 had the claim been made under
the Act of July 7th 1838 - The affidavit of
Henry Gray shows that he was living with
Mrs Elizabeth Gray at the time James
Gray was in Service at Yorktown and
consequently before the expiration of the last
period of his service - If the testimony is sufficient
to procure a pension under the Act of 1838
please forward to me a certificate and you
will much oblige

Your obt and humble Servt
Ezra Holstead

Please direct your letter to
South Harpeth Davidson County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
County of Williamson} ss

whereas I have made
application to James L Edwards Esq Comm.r of 
Pensions at Washington Citty, for a Pension for
the Services of my Husband James Gray dec.d
a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and being
informed by Mr Edwards that it is Necessary I
Should State the date that I was Married to my
Husband not having any Record of my Marrage
I can not Recollect the precise date but I do
certify that I was Married to my Husband James Gray
previous to the Surrender of Lord Corn Wallice at
Little York in October 1781. whilst my Husband
was in actual Service. Sworn and Subscribed to
on the 27th day of January AD 1843

Elizabeth Gray

before me

Thos J Nolen [illegible] {seal}
JP for Williamson County
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State of Tennessee
County of Williamson} on the 27th day of January 1843
Personaly appeared before me
a Justice of the Peace of the County of Williamson and
State aforesaid Mn Henney Gray aged Seventty
years doth Certify that James Gray dec.d and
now his widow Elizabeth Gray was Married
anterior to the explination of the last term of his
Service and before the Surrender of Lord Corn Wallice 
in October 1781 and he further declares that
he was living at James Gray House whilst he
was in actual Service of his Countary with his
wife Elizabeth Sworn to and Subscribed the
day and year both within written
before me

Henry Gray

Thos J Nolen JP {seal}
for Williamson County

I do Certify that Henney Gray is a 
man of high Standing Respectibility and varacity

Thos J Nolen JP for WC
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The State of Tennessee SS

I Lemuel B M Connico clerk of the county court of Williamson
county in the State of Tennessee aforesaid do herby certify that Thomas
J Nolen whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit of Henry
Gray is now and was at the taking thereof [illegible] acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the county of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned
and Sworn and that full faith and credit are due his official
acts and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said court
at office this 28 day of January AD1843

Lemuel B M Connico
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No 5713
WW 24.1842

Tenn:
July 4 1836
Eliz Gray

[following written perpendicular to above:]

Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm.r of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

No 5713
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South Harpeth Tennessee
Nov - 15th 1842

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir

Enclosed you will receive
the application of Mrs Elizabeth Gray of Williamson
County for a pension - Should there be any
objections please inform me as soon as feassible
and should the evidence be sufficient to issue
a warrant please forward the same to me
to South Harpeth Davidson County Tennessee

Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Ezra Holstead

Please inform me whether or not the heirs of
a deceased widow (Revolutionary) can make
application for the pension to which the widow
might be entitled to, although she neglected
to do so in her life time by making the
necessary proof that she was the identical
widow of the Soldier [illegible]
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[Certificate] [seal] 160 acres  Bounty  Land UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [sea] 160 acres
Department [picture of congress] of the interior
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
this hereby certified that under the Act of March 3rd 1855 [illegible] "An act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to a certain [illegible] Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.
Elizabeth Gray widow of James Gray
Private
Revolutionary War
entitled to [illegible] ONE NUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, [illegible] office of the United States in one body, and in conformity to the legal divisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lots subject to sale at with either the minimum or [illegible] [illegible] [too light to make out may words] 22 day of March 1836
No. 19.516
[decorative border with shield]
Certificate at any of the United States land offices and will be handled properly by the General Land Office in the [illegible] of it with you request [part cut off] [illegible] the [illegible] and land listed in which you wish the [illegible] [illegible] If you [illegible] it to fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office [illegible] this Certificate in the [blank] of [illegible] of [illegible] at [blank] in Township [blank] of [illegible] [illegible] Register

[illegible writing on the side]
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H J [illegible] Y. March 5 1739

Hon.l Geo C. Whiting
Comm.r of Pensions

Dear Si,r,
We wrote you
Sometime Since to the following effect)
and deceased and annexed. Sometime
about the 1st of Jun 56. Mrs Elizabeth
Gray departing this life and after that
a Land warrant for 160 acres
was issued to him for the Services
of her husband James Gray
+ it being believed that nothing
could be done until the warrant
under the Law then [illegible]
her atto. to return the warrant to
be Cancelled + the wish to know
if under the Law as it now
[illegible] children can have
the benefit of the claim, please
[illegible].

Your Obt  Servt
Campbell Mc Ewen
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