Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3417, Lewis Grigg, Va.
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Va ~ Grigg, Lewis S3417 barded.
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19023
West [?]
Lewis Grigg
[?] in the State of [?] who was a private in the [?] commande[d?] by Captain House[?] of the commande[d?] by [?] on the Virginia line for [?]
Inscribed on the Roll of West [?] the rate of 100 Dollars ~ Cents per ann[um?] commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th[?] day of July 1835 and Tenth[?] [?]
Anears to the 4th of March 100.00[or 700.00]
Soms-ant.[?] allowance ending [?] 50 00
$150.0[or $750.0]
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by [?] Cler[k?]
Book [?] Vol. 1 Page 19

[edges smudged, water damage?]
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A letter [?] to M. Brady
2 Jan[?] 1853
Dead: See letter to W. Ledbetta
June 12. 1837 -
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832

State of Tennessee 
Rutherford County 
County Court August term 1832

On this 23rd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Henry [illegible] James C Mitchell and Varner D Coner Esq as Justices holding said Court. Lewis Grigg a resident of said County aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of congress passed 7th June 1832-

That in Greenville County State of Virginia in
 the year 1775, he volunteered his services in the [illegible] [illegible] under Capt John Mc Lin, and rendezvous at Portsmouth - 

In his tour he served but six weeks - and was discharged and returned home. In the County of Greensville State of Virginia, in the year 1775 or 1776 he enlisted as an [illegible] in the company of Capt Houk and Philip Moody has the superintendents of the works - He was marched to Williamsburg Virginia and worked there fifteen months  - and then was marched to York and there he was stationed at work six months -and from there to Hampton, and worked there two or three months and then to Richmond Virginia, where he was discharged by Gus Maloney .

He was marched from [illegible] different point of the work was required to be done- 
After this he joined the Militia service under Capt Houk, in Greenville county, and rendezvous at [illegible] Point, and was marched to [illegible] and there he was under the command of Gus Maloney

This was in the year 1779, as well as he can recollect. He was discharged. He has no documents in his possession by which he can prove his service - He has been living in [illegible] County where he lost record from which by whom he could prove his years tour in the regular service

He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity  except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Lewis Griggs [his mark] X
J. R. Laughlin CLK
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[crossed out words: " He hereby relinquishes ever claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his 
name in not on the pension roll of the Agency 
of any State
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid"]

We Martin Clark a clergyman residing in the county of Rutherford and Bryan C Ransom & Boley Fisher in the same, hereby certify that 
we are well acquainted with Lewis Grigg who has Sworn to and subscribed to the within declaration; and we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Martin Clark
Boley Fisher
B C Ransom

Interrogation Question 1 Where and what year were you born?
Answer I was born to Dinwiddie County Virginia, in the year 1758

Question 2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer - I have one at my house

Question 3rd Where were you living  when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer [blank]

Question 4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute  for whom
Answer He enlisted as an draftee

Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops, when you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of you service?
Answer [blank]
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Question 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer He has lost his discharge

Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of
your service as a soldier of the revolution ?
Answer Boly Fisher - John Ransom, Lam Baker-

In the said Court do hereby declare, their opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the department, that the foregoing applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states 

And said Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Martin Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the neighborhood and that Bry C Ransom who has sworn and subscribes the same, resides in the same neighborhood and that they are persons of good character, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Given under our hands 23rd Aug & in open court 1832
H fort
J C Mitchell
V.D. Gowen
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I John  R. Laughlin  Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Murfreesboro this 23rd day of August 1832.
John R. Laughlin, CLK.
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Lewis Grigg
Tennessee
No 6964.

[crossed out words: fro 1776 Private 
artillery three years $100]

from 1776 private artillery 3 years,
14. $100. 
[illegible] P. 2?6 E-

March 8 - 1833
J. R. Laughlin 
Murfreesboro
Ten.

on Roll Va State line as soldier artillery
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BRIEF in the case of Lewis Grigg
of Rutherford County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he?  75 years

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

Period: Enlisted in 1775 or 6
Duration: Served three years 
Rank: As a Artificer
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: 
Gen. Mulenburg 
Capt House 
Philip Moody
Superintendent of the work

5. In what battles was he engaged? Petersburg

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Greenville County Virginia

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

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

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

Examining Clerk.
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Rev War
3417
INVALID. 
File No. 3417
Lewis Grigg
Pri - Va. Line
Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. A, Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Tennessee
Rutherford County

Personally appeared before me Benj C Ransom, and John Ransom Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid, at the House of Richard Sammoms in said county; Newt Sammons, a revolutionary soldier, aged in May next, 83 and after being duly sworn on the Holly evangelist of Almighty God, deposeth  and saith that he was well acquainted with Lewis Griff in Greensville County State of Virginia during the revolutionary war - Deponent knew the said Grigg, before the War, and he saw him while in service at York and Hampton-

Deponent visited a brother of his who was in  the service with the said Grigg, and in the same company of artificers  - Deponent cannot say at what time precisely the said Grigg entered the service, but to the best of his recollection, the said Grigg entered the service as an artificer, under Houls in the year of 1775 - and continued in the service for that year and 1776 - and that the said Grigg was in service after that period

He recollects of no Regiment  - but knows that Houle commanded the company; and that the duty required of the company, was to do work, where and when required - Deponent knows that the said Grigg enlisted for three years; but he
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cannot say positively the length the Said Grigg served, tho he always understood that he served the full term of his enlistment

Sworn to and subscribed before us this 15th day of April 1833
B. C. Ransom J.P. [handwritten seal]
Newit Sammons [his marke] X
John Ransom JP [handwritten seal]

Personally appeared before us the aforesaid [illegible] justices of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Lewis Grigg who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he served as an artificer, three years, and for the service he claims a pension

Sworn to and subscribed this 15th April 1833
B.C. Ransom [handwritten seal]
Lewis Grigg [his marke] X
John Ransom [handwritten seal]

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County

And the said Justices of the peace do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Newt Sammons, who has subscribed and sworn  to the foregoing affiant , that we
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believe him to be the age he states in his affidavit and that he was a revolutionary soldier, and that he is entitled to credit and that any statement by said deponent is entitled to credit  

Given under [illegible] hand & seal this 15th day of April 1833
B.C. Ransom Justice of the peace 
John Ransom Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee
Rutherford County

i John R Laughlin Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Benjamin C Ransom and John Ransom who have subscribed to the amend affidavit of Newit Sammons, were at the time of [illegible] the same acting justices of the peace for said County, and that faith and credit is due their official acts.

Given under my hand & seal of office at Murfreesboro the 16th April 1833
Jn R. Laughlin CLR

[round illegible seal with ribbon attached]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Lewis Grigg which require further proof or 
explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in  the county where he resides, 
is there any reason assigned for him not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war he served? Yes

V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

ViI. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the clerk given his  Certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And is so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence
of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes

XIV. * If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of, the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
# not on roll as an Artificer

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. * Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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: 
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."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

[handwritten picture of hand in left margin pointing to this QUERE XIV and a box is drawn around this paragraph] 

QUERE XIV. 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where he certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Murfreesboro 16th April 1833

Sir
I return to you the declaration of Lewis Grigg with the affiant of one [illegible] [illegible] 
and [illegible] as required by the department-

I have written to Virginia for the declaration to obtain a [illegible] the affidavit of another entry  of his services - Should one be living it will
be forwarded to the department by 
Mr Benjamin Davis the Sons in care of the declarant from Brunswick or Greenville County Virginia -

As early as [illegible] after the claim of Mr Grigg  as this maters as he can will admit, will be grateful to the applicant -
Address one t this place
Wm Brody

I send you the claim of Mr Towler 
W Brody
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[address on back of letter]
Cont Ame 12
Lewis Grigg 
J. Wte W7 19023

JL Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 

[round black ink stamp]
MURFREE T
MAY 01
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Murfreesboro: Tennessee 
29 May 1837.

Sir,
I understand a law of Congress passed on 
the 4th July 1836, granting to the widows of Revolutionary Pensioners, a Continuation of their Pension after their Death -

Lewis Grigg, late of this county, and who died on the 14 October last, was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832, at the rate of $100 per annum - His widow is still living, and has drawn his Pension up to the 
day of his death, and the object of this communication is to get you to furnish me with the form of the application necessary to be made by her, in order that she may be placed on the Pension roll, at Nashville, where her husband drew his pension, while living - 
yours very respectfully,
Mrs. Ledbetter 

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of pensions,
Washington City.