Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16840, Samuel Gregg, Va.
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(8-1770)
SERVICE NUMBER
VA
Gregg, Samuel   S16840
or Gragg
CONTENTS  Carded
This Envelope Includes
HJ
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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[illegible] 15 May 1838
[illegible] 1840.
[illegible] (Mobile) 5 Dec 18[illegible]
1933
Alabama
Samuel Gregg
[illegible] in the State of Alabama
who was a Private the [illegible] command
by Captain Irvine of the Reg command
by Col. Washington in the Virginia
[illegible] for 10 months
$33.33/100
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of April
1833 and sent to
D. Hubbard, [illegible] Ala
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833.- 66.66
[illegible] allowance ending 4 [illegible] 1833 - 16.66
$83.32
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible] Cle
Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 45
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The State of Alabama Laurence County { Circuit Court September Term for 1832
On this 29th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. John White Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit of the State of Alabama and, now sitting, Samuel Gregg       [ilegible] resident of said County and State aged seventy five 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 June 7, 1832 (towit) That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  He served his first Campaign against the Indians on the levels of green briar river, Virginia as a Volunteer under Captain Edward Irvine from Augusta County, Virginia, - where affiant was born and resided.  Major Vance commanded the Battalion, the Indians were driven from their land without the fire of a gun.  We were out a little upwards of two months and he had no discharge.  This happened about the same time that the battle of Lexington was fought.
Was afterwards called into service to guard English prisoners taken at the Compound, continued in service about One month.
3rd tour he volunteers under Captain    Smith to go against the english then in north Carolina about 1787 as well as he recollects dates  - marched from Virgina toward Guilford - crossed  Dan river at Stovall’s ferry- Col Moffet commanded the battalion or Regiment - was in an engagement with the British at Guilford North Carolina. Genl. Greene commanded the americans.  Col Washington, and a major, or Col, Lee from Virginia in was along.  Washington commanded one corps and Col Lee the other part of the light forse  . The Brittish in that battle drove the british [crossed out] North Carolina militia first with out much fighting - then the Virginia militia done a little better after which our regular drove them a little distance but they all got mixed together and confused and Genl. Greene retreated about ten miles to the Iron works - after that the Brittish retreated and our army followed them.  After following up from Spedwell’s Iron Works and following the british a few days my tour was out and I went home and immediately returned to Yorktown and stayed there during the siege until Lord Cornwallis made a
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surrender of his whole army to Genl Washington, then I returned home.  Was never in but two battles Guilford and the Siege of York  I went a tour to the lower part of Virginia under Lieut. Campbell in the [] to Hickory neck church.  Before he got there major Hamilton [army] defeated by the Brittish and he did not join them but returned home = was gone not one month - I went another tour to the lower part of North Carolina & was gone one month no battle,  In all I was out in service about ten months.  Never had a discharge - am about seventy five years of age - my age recorded in my Father’s Bible now in possession of one of my Brothers now in Misouri - never had any discharge from Service nor did I ever receive one cent of pay - I moved from Augusta Virginia after the close of the Revolution to East Tennessee and from East Tennessee to Alabama where he has resided twenty three years.  Cannot prove his services by any person in this Country.  The last man he knows of lived about forth miles from  this and has since died  his name was Evan Evans he heard of him about one year ago.

As a soldier of the Revolution Crockett McDonald a Clergymen lives near him and knows he is a man of veracity and entitled to Credit.  Said McDonald, John Gallagher, Argyle Campbell & David G. Ligon all know he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution in his neighborhood.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  [inserted] Before the signing I Justice state that I served one term of three months in the Year 1774 around the Cherokee Indians, Capt Sawyer [illegible] of Baker [illegible] County Virginia Col. Cristie from Rock Ridge County in Command about four hundred fifty nine us seized [illegible] Towns are of  [illegible]   & Nine make a treaty.   my father killed young McCormack, a half bread Chief which make [illegible] nine & delay the Treaty    .  My older brother had [crossed out] been killed by the Indians.  Sworn and inscribed on aforestated sworn to [illegible] Sept 29 1832.  Samuel Gregg

We Crockett McDonald/a Clergyman residing in Lawrence County Alabama, and John Gallagher, Argyle Campbell and David G. Ligon residing in the same
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hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Gregg who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration that that we believe him to be [crossed out] seventy five 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 to and subscribed the day}  C. McDonald
And year aforesaid			D.G. Ligon
Sworn to subscribed 			John Gallagher
Sept 29 1832
John Gallagher
Clerk

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Crockett McDonald who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the county of Lawrence aforesaid and that John Gallagher, Argyle Campbell, and David Ligon who have also signed the same are [illegible]  and resident in said County and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
John White  Judge
Of the 4th Judicial 
Circuit of the State of 
Virginia

I John Gallagher Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County of Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court the matter of the application of Samuel Gregg for Pension.  In testimony whereas I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 29 day of September 1832.
John Gallagher Clerk 
{Seal attached}
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Know all    those present that we Henry Gregg and Samuel Gregg, do hereby constitute and appoint Hugh F. Thomason of Fayettvill Arks. to be our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names to demand and receive from the commissions of Pensions of the United States or the proper offices thereof the amount due us as the sons and heirs of Samuel Gregg so deceased.  who was a Pensioner of the United States; And our said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to appoint one or more substitutes or attornies neither him for the special purpose above expressed.  Witness our hands and seals  this 8th day of July 1850.
Henry Gregg
Samuel Gregg

State of Arkansas
County of Washington
 Be it remembered that on this 8th day of July A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me Henry Gregg and Samuel Gregg to me - previously well known and acknowledged that they met and executed the above power of attorney for the persons therein as expressed.  Given under my hand this day and date above written 
JWChew J.P

In testimony that the above writing [illegible]
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W.Chew was a magistrate authorized to take acknowledgments re. in the courts and State aforesaid at the date above mentioned and that his name thereto subscribed is his [illegible] signature I have hereto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality at my office on the 10th day of july A.D.1850
P.R. Smith
County Clerk

{Seal affixed}

[Stamped “Final Payment Voucher Received from GAO”}
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No. 49 Ent
Samuel Gregg, dec’d
(children of)
Unclaimed Pension
$228.60/100
Reported July 12, 1851
Ret’d July 14, 1851
Regm No 1300, dated
1 mth & sent to Treasury, 
1 mth July 1851

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR’S OFFICE.
The United States

To the children of 
Samuel Gregg, deceased
--inscribed as a pensioner on the roll of the 
Huntsville,    agency,
Per an act of 7 June 1832.  DC

For his pension from 4 March , 1834, inclusive, 
to 12 January , 1841, inclusive, at $33.33/100 a year: $228.60/100

Stated July 12, 1851, by W. T. R. Saffell,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE

Received, July 14th 1851, by E. F. French

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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State of Arkansas
County of Washington
We Henry Gregg and Samuel Gregg being duly sworn according to law do declare and say that we and Ellis Gregg and Lydia Bighorn and Jane White are the heirs and the only heirs of Samuel Gregg deceased the Revolutionary Pensioner and that William Bighorn is the husband of the said Lydia and Robert White the husband of the said Jane.
Henry Gregg
Samuel Gregg
Sworn to and subscribed}
before me this 8th day of}
July A. D. 1850}
J. M. Chew J.P.}

State of Arkansas
County of Washington

We William C. Roberts and Thornsberry W. Barr being duly sworn do say that the above affidavit of Henry Gregg and Samuel is true in substance and in fact.
Wm. C. Roberts
Thornsberry W. Barr
Sworn to and subscribed}
before me this 9th day of}
July A. D. 1850}
J. M. Chew J.P.}
In testimony that the above written John W. Chew was a magistrate authorized to administer on oath in the county of Washington and state of Arkansas at the date above mentioned (Illegible) subscribed is his genuine. I have hereto affixed the county seal and
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Subscribed my name and quality at my office in Fayetteville on this 9th day of July A. D. 1850.
P R. Smith
County Clerk 

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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No 22571 7955

Samuel Gregg
Lawrence County
Alabama

Adm. For 10 months
from 1775

David Hubbard Agt.
Moulton,
Lawrence County
State of Alabama
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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 a tabular form. On companying these papers with the following rules and the (Illegible) 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 these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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 Samuel Gregg, Lawrence, Alabama
Period when the service rendered: Vol 1775; Duration of the claimant’s service: Year (Illegible) Month 2 Day; Rank of the claimant's: Private; Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Edward; Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Major Vance
Period when the service rendered: not stated; Duration of the claimant’s service: Year. Month about 1; Day.; Rank of the claimant's: Guard; Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Irvine; Names and Rank of the General and Field officers; Major Vance
Period when the service rendered: Vol 1781; Duration of the claimant’s service: Year     Month      Day – not stated; He states in all he was in service about 10 months; he states also he served one term in 1774 of 3 months; Rank of the claimant's: Private; Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Sawyer; Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Col. Crister 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged: Guilford, North Carolina, Siege of York
Country through which he marched: (Illegible) of green briar river Virginia; towards Guilford Court House; Dan river at Stovall’s Ferry to the Iron works to the lower part of N. Ca.
Place of abode where he entered the service, and age at the present period: 70 years; Augusta County, Virginia
Evidence by which the declaration is supported - Traditionary

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, 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
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 provion 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 enered 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.
[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.
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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 day 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 band 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 bis declaration (l) and he wilI
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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his 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.
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
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 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 general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will trans nit 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.
(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 Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of
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 [illegible], 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is 
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served: the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the 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 in 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 in the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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 to [illegible]
note (j) applies 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.
Daniel D. Davidson [illegible] Clerk
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May 20, 1932.

BA-J/ADY

Memorial Branch,
Office of the Quartermaster General,
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Samuel Gregg, S.16840, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Gragg or Gregg was born in Augusta County, Virginia, date not stated.
He served three months in 1774 under Captain Sawyers and Colonel Christie in the Virginia troops. His oldest brother had been killed by Indians and his father killed a half breed Indian Chief named McCormack, the names of brother and father not stated.  While a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775, served two months under Captain Edward Irvine and Major Vance in the Virginia troops; served one month guarding English prisoners; served under Lieutenant Campbell at the battle near Hickory Neck Church; in 1781 he served in Captain Thomas Smith’s Company, Colonel George Moffet’s Virginia Regiment and in Captain Buchanan’s Company, Colonel Vance’s’ Virginia Regiment; served one month and went to North Carolina, no officers stated; was in the battle of Guilford and siege of Yorktown and served in all about ten months.
After the close of the Revolution, he moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to East Tennessee, thence to Alabama.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832 while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, in which state he had resided twenty-three years, and was then aged seventy-five years, and was referred to as Samuel Gregg, Senior.
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In 1838 he was living in Washington County, Arkansas, where he had gone to be near his children whose names are not stated.
The application for headstone for Samuel Gregg is herewith returned.
Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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V. L. M.
S. F. 16840
Rev. War Records
Samuel Gragg (Gregg)
Residence Augusta Co. Va.
Date of application for pension
Sept. 29, 1832
Residence, Lawrence Co. Ala.
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Dept. of the (blotted out)
Bureau
Wa(blotted out)

Stamped June 5 1931 OFFICE
Ask for a copy
Application for a pension
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N. L. WILLIAMS

(Blotted out)CKSON CANNING COMPANY
PACKERS OF
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
PLANTS: SUMMERS, ARKANSAS
CINCINNATI, ARKANSAS

333 Highland Ave.
Fayetteville, Ark/
June 1, 1931

Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Will you please send me a copy of Samuel Gragg’s (Gregg) application for a pension. Please find enclosed card relating to same.
Very respectfully yours,
Mrs. Pansy Gregg Jackson

Stamped – June 5 1931
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Payments to be made 
at Mobile 
by (Illegible) Bank
(smeared) paying Pension
(smeared) in the Agency of
Alabama
Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 8
Page 40 by W. R. Palmer, Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Gregg of the State of Alabama who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty-three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23rd day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

State of Arkansas}
Washington County}

We, William C. Roberts and Thornsberry W. Barr, being sworn do state that we well knew Samuel Gregg deceased, and do know him to be the identical person mentioned in the certificate of pension of which the foregoing is a copy. That we knew him for the period of ten years not before his death, we do further state that we have been for the same period acquainted with Henry Gregg and Samuel Gregg (Illegible) the above named deponents, and that we do know them to be the sons and heirs at Law of the said Samuel deceased as recognized by him that said deceased pensioner resided with the said Henry in Washington County aforesaid up to the date of his death which was on or about the 12th day of January 1841, that we saw the said deceased after his death and before he was interred and that he had no wife at the time of his death.
William C. Roberts
T.W. Barr

Sworn and subscribed} 
before me this 12th day} 
of April A.D. 1849} 
William A. Lamkin J.P.}

State of Arkansas}
Washington County}
I Presly R. Smith, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid hold in at the Court house thereof on this 12th day of April A.D. 1849, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court on this day. That Samuel Gregg Senior was a pensioner of the
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United States at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, was a resident of the County and State aforesaid in the Year of Christ 1841 and before that time and died in said County and State on the day and year aforesaid. That he left Henry Gregg and Samuel Gregg his children.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this 12th day of April A.D. 1849

Presly R. Smith
County Clerk

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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February 2, 1939

Mrs. Julian J. Blagg
2212 Eye Street, N.W.
Apartment #201
Washington, D. C.

BA-J/ILL
Samuel Gregg
S. 16840

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Gregg, who was born in Virginia and lived later in Alabama and Arkansas, also, the War of 1812 record of William King, who was born in 1796 and whose father was Thomas King of Bristol, Virginia.
With the information given, it has been impossible to identify the record of any particular soldier with the name William King. Kindly state the name of the sate from which this soldier served, his residence after the War of 1812 and the given name of his wife, or widow.  Another search of the records will be made then in the effort to aid you in your research.
The record of Samuel Gregg is furnished you herewith, from Revolutionary War claim for pension S. 16840.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to Administrator
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February 2, 1939

Mrs. Julian J. Blagg
2212 Eye Street, N. W. Apt. 201
Washington, D.  C.

BA-J/ady
Samuel Gregg
S. 16840

Dear Madam:

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 16840, based upon the military service of Samuel Gregg in that war.
Samuel Gragg or Gregg was born in Augusta County, Virginia, date, and the name of his parents are not given.

He served three months in 1774 under Captain Sawyers and Colonel Christie in the Virginia troops. His oldest brother had been killed by Indians and his father killed a half breed Indian Chief named McCormack, the names of brother and father not stated.  While a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, Samuel Gregg enlisted in 1775, served two months under Captain Edward Irvine and Major Vance in the Virginia troops; served one month guarding English prisoners; served under Lieutenant Campbell at the battle near Hickory Neck Church; in 1781 he served in Captain Thomas Smith’s Company, Colonel George Moffet’s Virginia Regiment and in Captain Buchanan’s Company, Colonel Vance’s’ Virginia Regiment; served one month and went to North Carolina, no officers stated; was in the battle of Guilford and siege of Yorktown and served in all about ten months.

After the close of the Revolution, he moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to East Tennessee, thence to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, in which state he had resided twenty-three years, and was then aged seventy-five years, and was referred to as Samuel Gregg, Senior.
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In 1838 he was living in Washington County, Arkansas, where he had gone to be near his children whose names are not stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier’s death, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: “Samuel Gregg, Certificate No T955, issued April 23, 1833, rate #33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency”.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to Administrator
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Washington August 26, 1931

Mrs. Homer F. Sloan
Willbeth Plantation, Route 1,
Marked Tree, Arkansas

BA-J/ADY

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16840, that Samuel Gragg or Gregg was born in Augusta County, Virginia, date not stated.

He served three months in 1774 under Captain Sawyers and Colonel Christie in the Virginia troops. His oldest brother had been killed by Indians and his father killed a half breed Indian Chief named McCormack, the names of brother and father not stated.  While a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775, served two months under Captain Edward Irvine and Major Vance in the Virginia troops; served one month guarding English prisoners; served under Lieutenant Campbell at the battle near Hickory Neck Church; in 1781 he served in Captain Thomas Smith’s Company, Colonel George Moffet’s Virginia Regiment and in Captain Buchanan’s Company, Colonel Vance’s’ Virginia Regiment; served one month and went to North Carolina, no officers stated; was in the battle of Guilford and siege of Yorktown and served in all about ten months.

After the close of the Revolution, he moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to East Tennessee, thence to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, in which state he had resided twenty-three years, and was then aged seventy-five years, and was referred to as Samuel Gregg, Senior.
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In 1838 he was living in Washington County, Arkansas, where he had gone to be near his children whose names are not stated.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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June 29, 1931

Mrs. Pansy Gregg Jackson
333 North Highland Avenue,
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ADY

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16840, that Samuel Gragg or Gregg was born in Augusta County, Virginia, date not stated.

He served three months in 1774 under Captain Sawyers and Colonel Christie in the Virginia troops. His oldest brother had been killed by Indians and his father killed a half breed Indian Chief named McCormack, the names of brother and father not stated.  While a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775, served two months under Captain Edward Irvine and Major Vance in the Virginia troops; served one month guarding English prisoners; served under Lieutenant Campbell at the battle near Hickory Neck Church; in 1781 he served in Captain Thomas Smith’s Company, Colonel George Moffet’s Virginia Regiment and in Captain Buchanan’s Company, Colonel Vance’s’ Virginia Regiment; served one month and went to North Carolina, no officers stated; was in the battle of Guilford and siege of Yorktown and served in all about ten months.

After the close of the Revolution, he moved from Augusta County, Virginia, to East Tennessee, thence to Alabama.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, in which state he had resided twenty-three years, and was then aged seventy-five years, and was referred to as Samuel Gregg, Senior.

In 1838 he was living in Washington County, Arkansas, where he had gone to be near his children whose names are not stated. (handwritten – date of death not on A.B.)

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner
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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
S. 16840       Washington, D. C.,      19

In reply to your request of     , received         for a statement of the military history of Samuel Gragg or Gregg a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (this is crossed out - or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1774; Length of Service: 3 mos.; Rank:; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Captain - (Illegible Name); Colonel - Christus; State: Va.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1775; Length of Service: 2 mos.; Rank: Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Captain - Edward Irvine; Colonel - Christus Major Vance; State: Va
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1775; Length of Service: 1 mo.; Rank: ; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Guarding English prisoners; State:
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1775; Length of Service: 1 mo.; Rank:; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Captain – Lt. Campbell at battle near Hickory Neck Church; Colonel - ; State:
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1781; Length of Service: 1 mo.; Rank:; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Captain – Thomas Smith; Colonel – George Moffet; State:
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1781; Length of Service: 1 mo.; Rank:; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: Captain - Buchanan; Colonel – Vance; State:
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1781; Length of Service: 1 mo.; Rank:; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered: no officers given went to North Carolina; State:
Battles engaged in: Guilford, Siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment; Augusta County, Virginia
Date of application for pension, Sept. 29, 1832, His cl. Was. Al.
Residence at date of application, Lawrence Co. Ala
Age at date of application, 75 years, born in Augusta Co. Va
Remarks: He moved from Augusta Co. Va to East Tennessee. Thence to Alabama and in 1838 was living in Washington County, Ark. Where he had gone to be near his children whose names are not stated. The above noted is the only soldier of this name found on Rev. War Records.
Oldest brother killed by Indians, no name. his father killed a half breed Indian Chief named McCormick. Father’s name not stated.
Respectfully,

Commissioner
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June 21, 1932

BA-J/AWY
Samuel Gregg
S. 16840

Memorial Branch
Office of the Q.M. General
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your Special Follow-Up form in regard to your request of March 18, 1932, with application for headstone for Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Gregg, S. F. 16480 (this is a typo error should be S. 16840).

The records of this office show that in response to your request accompanied by application for headstone for the above named soldier, you were furnished his record. The date of that request, however, was subsequent to March 18, 1932.
Your Special Follow-Up form is returned herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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2212 Eye St. N. W. Apt. #2012
Washington, D. C.
January 24, 1939
S.16840

Mrs. Finch,
Room #1851
Navy Building
17th St. and Constitution Ave.
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mrs. Finch:
Officials at the Veterans Administration have referred me to you in my search to ascertain whether pensions were paid to the veterans described below and if so, to obtain a copy of their records. These are the men in question, with what scanty information I have concerning them.

(1) Samuel Gregg, a Revolutionary soldier, born in 1757 in Virginia. He lived in east Tennessee, later in Alabama, and lastly in Arkansas, being buried in the last state. Probably among the youngest of 12 children and may have had brothers named William, Nathan, and James.

(2) William King, born 1796, son of Thomas King of Bristol, Virginia. Believed to be a veteran of the War of 1812.  The parents went to Bristol from Pennsylvania.
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Page is folded over: 
   wn to have had a sister, Julia 
   born in 1785, and probably there were
   and sisters.

Any information you can find concerning these men or their families, and a record (if any) of their pension claims will be greatly appreciated.

Very truly yours,
Frances F. Blagg
(Mrs. Julian J. Blagg)
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Mrs. Homer F. Sloan
Willbeth Plantation
Route #1
Marked Tree, Arkansas
Aug. 8th, 1931
War Department
Pension Division
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I am the Historian for the Ark. D.A.R.
Please kindly give me all the information obtainable in your Dept: for one Samuel Gregg age 77, believed to have been his age in 1835 residing at that time in Lawrence Co. Ala.
Thanking for same
Please address
Mrs. Homer F. Sloan
Willbeth Plantation
Marked Tree, Ark.
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BERTHA METZ, GRAND M. OF F.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON

NETTIE BOWLES
CHAIRMAN ALTRUISTIC COMMITTEE
ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON
NELLIE G. FAIR GRAND M. OF R & C
DAYTON, WASHINGTON
MARQUERITE KUYKENDALL
PRESS CORRESPONDENT
POMEROY, WASHINGTON
STAMPED – GRAND TEMPLE OF WASHINGTON; SEPT. REGO.

DAYTON, WASHINGTON Sept. 1, 1919

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would like to know if the records of the Revolutionary War contain any record of Samuel Gregg, born about 1757, probably in South Carolina.
Thanking you for any information.  I am

Very truly yours

Mrs. Nellie Gregg Fair
Dayton, Wash.
Stamped – PENSION OFFICE – U S Sep. 8 1919
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16840

INVALID

File No. 16840
Samuel Gregg
Pri Rev. War

Act : June 7 ‘32
Vol. 1, Page 443
(Arrangement of 1870.)

On other side
(smeared) Sept. 22 - Hist. to Miss Billie Fine
(smeared)31 June 29 - Hist. to Mrs. Pansy Gregg Jackson. A.D.Y
1931 Aug 26 - Hist. to Mrs. Homer F. Sloan A. D. Y
1932 May 20 - Hist. to Memorial Branch, War Dept. A. D. Y.
1932 June 21 – (Illegible several words)
1939 Feb. 2 - Hist. to Mrs. Julian J. Blagg A. D. Y.
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Samuel Gregg. Alabama Act 7 June
1832     $33. 33/100
To What time last paid
Pension Office}
5th Dec. 1840}
pF 4 March 1834 
JH
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Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Know all men by these presents that we, William Bighorn and Lydia Bighorn his wife formerly Lydia Gregg and Robert M. White and Jane White his wife formerly Jane Gregg, do hereby constitute and appoint Hugh F. Thomason of Fayetteville Ark. to be our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names to demand and receive from the Commissioners of Pensions of the United States or proper office thereof the amount due as the name of Samuel Gregg deceased who was a pensioner upon the United States; and on said attorney is hereby fully (smeared) and empowered to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purpose above expressed. Witness own hand and seal this 30th day of January A.D. 1850.

William Bighorn [seal]
Lydia Bighorn [seal]
Robert M. White [seal]
Jane White [seal}

State of Missouri}
County of Johnson}SS
I John B. Chapman an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the county of on said do hereby certify that William Bighorn, Lydia Bighorn, Robert M. White and Jane White whose names appear to the foregoing power of Attorney personally appeared before me on the day above written and acknowledged the above power of Attorney
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to be their for act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
John B. Chapman
Justice of the Peace

In testimony that the above written John B. Chapman was a Magistrate authorized to take acknowledgement & in the state of Missouri at the date above mentioned and that his name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature. I have hereunto affixed the county sea and subscribed my name and quality at office in (Illegible)burg this thirty first day of January AD 1850.

James McConn, County Clerk

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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May 23, 1851
Hot Springs, Ark
Hon S. Borland
presents claim for
arrears of pension due
Samuel Gregg, dec.
late of Alabama
Act 7 June 1832

Respectfully referred 
to the Hired Auditor,
Pension Office
July 11, 1851
Huntsville, (Illegible)
Act 7 June ‘32
Pay the Attorney
Of this division
Wm. Randall


Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
May 23, 1837

Sir,

Enclosed with this, I send you the papers in support of the claim of Henry Gregg & Samuel Gregg Jr. & heir at law of Samuel Gregg, dec’d late a pensioner for the amt. due them upon said claim of pension. I presume it is a balance unpaid to pensioner at the time of his death. From the letter of Mr. Thomason, herewith enclosed, I suppose the case has heretofore been submitted to your office, and sent back by you, for amendment of proof. AC.
Be pleased to give the case as your attention, as may be practicable, and return to one Mr. T’s letter, when you dispose of the case.
I am respectfully & truly yours

James E. Heath Esq.
  Borland
Com. Pensions
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Know all men by these presents, that I, Ellis Gregg, do hereby constitute and appoint Hugh F. Thomason of Fayetteville, Ark., to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States or the proper officer thereof the amount due me as one of the sons and heirs of Samuel Gregg now deceased who was a pensioner of the United States; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered, to appoint one or more substitutes or Attorney under him for the special purpose above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this 25th day of April 1850.
Ellis Gregg {Seal}

State of Texas
County of Burleson

I Joseph A. McMurry an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Ellis Gregg whose name appears to the foregoing power of Attorney personally appeared before me on this
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day and year above written and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be his first act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Joseph A. McMurry
Justice of the Peace of BC

In testimony that the above written names Joseph A. McMurry was a Magistrate authorized to take acknowledgement & in the state of Texas at the date above mentioned and that his name thereunto subscribed is his genuine signature. I have hereto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality at Caldwell. This 25th day of April 1850.

John E. King County Clerk
By William H. Murray Dep. Clk


Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Free

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Envelope - Stamped 23 May

Written sideways N. Evans Junell
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Branch of the Bank of the State 
Of Alabama (Illegible) May 28, 1838

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir:
I have you favor of dec 15 Int
It appears from our county seat their has been no payment made to Samuel Gregg (pensioner man -Act 7 June 1832) at this agency – and his last payment made to him at Mobile was on 4 March 1834.
Respectfully,
Your Servant,

S O Nelson Clerk for Horace Gruen
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W. 49
Gregg, Samuel
Children of
Act 6 April 1838
July 17, 1851
Huntsville, Ala
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Let to Hon S. Borland Jan. 2 1836
Let to Auditor Jan 8 1836
Let to Hon 11 July 1837
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(Illegible 2 words) 16, 1821

Sir,
I am      and in reply (Illegible) to inform you that the name of Samuel Gregg does not appear on my roll nor on the Roll (Illegible) the (Illegible) Agency under any description of (Illegible) whatever.

I am (Illegible) respectfully,
Your Obt Servant
B. M. Lowe
Pension Agent
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Free Envelope

To The
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


Written sideways Nov 4 1840
Stamped (Illegible)
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Fayetteville
5th Oct. 1840

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir:
Enclosed I send you the application of Saml Gregg for a transfer of pension from this agency at Mobile Alabama to Little Rock Arkansas. I hope you will find the papers in due & (Illegible 1 words) JP. So please forward to the old gentleman at this place the orders of transfer as early as possible as he is poor & needs the money he will be entitled to draw from the time he left Alabama in 1834 (Illegible several words) your early attention to this matter will confer a favor & place me (Illegible) obligations
A. Gill

J. L. Edwards, Com. Pen.
Washington City
D. C.
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Pension Office Jany 8
James E. Heath
Rec’d January 9/31
(Illegible)

Pension case of 
Saml Gregg, Seal 
with authority to pay

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Mr. Randall
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Pension Office
January 8, 1851

Sir, 

I return herewith the vouchers in the case of Samuel Gregg deceased, formerly a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at $33.33 per annum.
You are hereby authorized to pay the amount due.

I am very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
F. S. Evans
For Commissioner of Pensions

J. W. Gallagher Esq
Third Auditor

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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H. R.
Hon. S. Borland
Rec’d January 2, 1851
Ans. January 10th 1851

Pension case of Saml Gregg, dec’d
Claim for (Illegible) pension, necessary information to the Commissioner of Pensions for a special (Illegible) to pay.

3rd Auditor’s Office
Jany 3rd 1851

Written upside down – Respectfully referred 
to the Third Auditor's  
Pension Office 
January 2, 1837

Mr. Randall
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Washington, Dec. 20, 18(Illegible)

Sir,
Enclosed with this, I hand you papers in the case of Henry Gregg and others, heirs of Saml. Gregg dec’d claiming arrears upon the pension certificate of said dec’d. I (Illegible) from H. F. Thomason, Esq. from who I have rec’d the papers, and for whom (as a friend) I attest to it, that the case has been upon you for some time. That then was (Illegible), some defect in the papers – such as want of (Illegible several words) and, to (Illegible) what was (Illegible), they were returned to the claimants. He thinks the papers now returned, and him with enclosed, make out the case, and entitle the claimants to receive the balance due Saml Gregg dec’d upon his pension certificate at the time of his death.
I ask for this case your atten-
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tion, at as (Illegible) a day as (Illegible) engagements will permit.
I am, most respectfully
Your obt. Svt.

Sam Borland

James E. Heath, Esq.
Comm. Pensions.


Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}

Be it known that before men William A. Lamkin a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Samuel Gregg Sen. and made oath in due form of law that he is one of the sons and heirs at law of Samuel Gregg the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true copy.

War department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of United States of the 7th of June 1832 Samuel Gregg of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 23rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
{LS}
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and}
Countryfied}
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
That the declarant pensioner resided in Washington
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County in the state of Arkansas for the space of five years and two months before his death, that previous thereto he resided in Lawrence County in the State of Alabama and that he departed this life on or about the 12th day of January 1841 in said county of Washington and that he had no wife living at the time of his death.
Sworn to and subscribed before} Samuel Gregg
me an acting Justice of the Peace} 
in and for the county aforesaid} 
This 12th day of April A.D. 1849} 
William A. Lamkin J.P.

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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State of Arkansas
County of Washington, SS

BE IT KNOWN - That on the 3rd day of March 1851 before me, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by the law of the State, to administer oaths, personally appeared Hugh F. Thomason the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney, and made oath, that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of Attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
Hugh F. Thomason
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last abovementioned,
Before me,
F. P. VanHouse JP

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
In testimony that Peter P. VanHouse whose genuine signatures appears to the above and foregoing certificate of affidavit is and was a Justice of the Peace of said County and State duly authorized to administer oaths & therein at the time of taking and making the same and thus full faith and credit as due to his official acts as such Justice.
I, Presly R. Smith as Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex officer Clerk of the County Court in and for said County have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of such Court This 3rd day of March 1851.
P. R. Smith, Clerk
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State of Arkansas
County of Washington

I Presly R. Smith Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid (Illegible) at the court house thereof on this 10th day of July A.D. 1850, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court on this day. That Samuel Gregg Sen. was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, was a resident of the county and state aforesaid in the year of Christ 1841 and before that time and date he died in about the 12th day of January A.D. 1841 and that he had no wife living at the date of his death and that Henry Gregg, Samuel Gregg Jr., Ellis Gregg, Lydia Bighorn wife of William Bighorn and Jane White wife of Robert White are the only surviving heirs of the said Samuel Gregg deceased.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand as such clerk and affixed the seal of said county at office this 10th day of July A.D. 1850.
PR Smith
Clerk of the County Court
of Washington County, Arkansas

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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State of Arkansas
County of Washington

Be it known that before me William A. Lamkin a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Henry Gregg and made oath in due form of law that he is one of the son and heir at law of Samuel Gregg the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, of which the following is a true copy.
War department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the law of United States of the 7th of June 1832 Samuel Gregg of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 23rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
{LS}
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and}
Countryfied}
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
That the deceased pensioner resided in the County of Washington in the State of Arkansas for the
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space of five years and two months before his death, that previous thereto he resided in Lawrence County in the State of Alabama and that he departed this life on or about the 12th day of January 1841 in said county of Washington and that he had no wife living at the time of his death.
Sworn to and subscribed before me} Henry Gregg
William A. Lamkin an acting and
duly commissioned Justice of the Peace} 
in and for Washington county aforesaid} 
This 12th day of April A.D. 1849} 
William A. Lamkin J.P.

State of Arkansas
County of Washington
I, John Lloyd, being duly sworn do depose and say that I was personally well acquainted with Samuel Gregg the individual whose name is mentioned in the above and foregoing affidavit for the space of fourteen years or thereabouts and do know him to have been the identical person in whose favor the certificate of pension of which the above is a true copy, was granted, and I do further state that I am well acquainted with Henry Gregg and Samuel Gregg Jr. and do know them to be the sons and heirs at law of the said Samuel Gregg, deceased, the pensioner, and that I do believe the said pensioner departed this life about the 12th day of January 1841 and that he had no wife at the time of his death.
John Floyd
Sworn to and subscribed before me}
This 12th day of April A.D. 1849}
William A. Lamkin JP

Stamped – FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
On this fifth day of October 1840, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Washington personally appeared Samuel Gregg, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Lieut. Campbell at the battle near the Hickory Church again under Captain John Smith at the battle at Guilford, N. Carolina, the Reg. was commanded by Col. George Moffitt & Genl Campbell and again regiment under Capt. P Buckhorn and was at the siege of York at the surrender of Cornwallis under the Command of Genl Washington in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Alabama which will be more fully seen by reference to a copy of the present hereto annexed & marked A. filed whereof he removed in the year 1834 to the state of Ma & from there to the County of Washington and state of Arkansas in the fall of 1835 where he has resided ever since and where he expects to reside and wished his pension to be payable in this state in future at the agency at Little Rock.
his plans for removing is that he is abt 83 years and was desiring to be with his children who have settled Washington County, Arkansas. He further states he has not received any pension since he left the state of Alabama in 1834 nor has he been transferred to any other agency.
Samuel Gregg

Sworn and subscribed to before me,}
this day and year aforesaid.}
C. H. Washington, JP}

Copy of the (Illegible) Exhibited A
“War Department”
“Revolutionary Claim”
“I certify in conformity within the law of the United States”
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of the 7th June 1832, Samuel Gregg, of the state of Alabama who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty three dollars and thirty thee cents per annum during his natural life. Commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War office of the United States this 23rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

(Illegible) & (Illegible)
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
I certify that the above (Illegible) & truly set forth & copy (Illegible) October 5th 1840
(Illegible a whole paragraph)
Day not to be made at (Illegible several words) in Book G. Vol. 8 page 105 GWA (Illegible)
I certify that the above (Illegible) to be correct
Oct. 5th 1840 
C. H. Washington, J.P.
Page 65

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
This day personally appeared before me the commissioned Justice of the Peace for the County of Washington & State of Arkansas Henry Gregg & Samuel Gregg a resident of the County of Washington a man of truth and respectability & sworn that Samuel Gregg who signed the foregoing certificate is the identical person mentioned in the (Illegible) out or he (Illegible) himself to be his heir is well acquainted with him now (Illegible) at the time he received the pension and that he has no doubt the statement made by him in relation to the pensions certificate is true.
Henry Gregg
Samuel Gregg
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 5th day of Oct. 1840.
CH Washington

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
(Smeared) Clerk of the County Court and for the county of Washington & State aforesaid do certify that C. H. Washington an acting Magistrate for said County and that foregoing certificate purporting to be his own (Illegible)
In testimony whereof & (Illegible) hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this the 5th day of October in the year 1840
B. H. Smithson, Clerk
Page 66

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
I Thomas Wilson presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that B. H. Smithson whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same Clerk of the Circuit Court and officer clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to all his official acts as such.
Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of October A.D. 1840.
Thomas Wilson, pres. Judge Cty. Co.
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State of Arkansas}
County of Washington} SS
On this 24th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before me, the undersigned subscriber a justice for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Gragg of the State of Alabama, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the companies commanded by Thomas Smith and George Buckhannon, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vance Moffit in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Alabama from which he has lately removed. That he now resides near Fayetteville Arkansas where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Alabama to the State of Arkansas; that part of his children resides in Washington County Arkansas and other one moving to the same and that he has lost his companion and wishes to end his days with his children.
Samuel Gragg
Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and date above written
R.W Reynolds JP

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington} SS
Be it remembered that on this 24th day March AD 1838 personally appeared Henry Gragg and John Lloyd and after having duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that they have been well acquainted with the above named Samuel Gragg for upon of thirteen years and known that he is the same pensioner who subscribed the above and foregoing affixed and that he is the person therein named and further they say not
Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and date above written
R.W Reynolds JP

Henry Gregg
John Lloyd
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Note this is a duplicate of previous page
State of Arkansas}
County of Washington} SS
Be it remembered that on this 24th day March AD 1838 personally appeared Henry Gragg and John Lloyd and after having duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that they have been well acquainted with the above named Samuel Gragg for upon of thirteen years and known that he is the same pensioner who subscribed the above and foregoing affixed and that he is the person therein named and further they say not
Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and date above written
R.W Reynolds JP

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
I Reuben W. Reynolds a Justice of the Peace within and for the state and county aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Henry Gragg and John Lloyd who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit and do say that they are gentlemen of veracity and truth. Given under my hand and seal as Justice of the Peace this 24th March AD 1838.
R.W Reynolds JP

State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
I Bryson W. Smithson, Clerk of the County Court within and for the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Reuben W. Reynolds whose name appears as above is and was an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the state and county aforesaid and in whose official acts full faith and credit ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Fayetteville this 24th March AD 1838 and of the Independence of the United States the 62nd 
Bryan H. Smithson, Clerk
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State of Arkansas}
County of Washington}
I, John Cureton Judge of the County Court within and for the State and County aforesaid do hereby certify that Bryan H. Smithson whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was Clerk of the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid at the time of signing the form. Given under my hand this 24th day of March AD 1838.

John Cureton {Judge of the County Court}
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES; FORM VAM-51; 12-5-11
DIVISION OF VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVES
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Gregg, Thomas; GRADE Private; LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER  7177      ACREAGE  100       ISSUED  Nov. 11, 1791 
                                                                                        to Samuel Broome, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.