Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,984, Bray Cox, Navy. Me. Agency And Residence In 1818

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SERVICE
Navy.
Cox, Bray
NUMBER S. 36.984

Me. Agency and residence in 1818

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12.915

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Maine
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Bray Cox
of Kittery in the [crossed-out state of] Dist of Maine
who was a seaman in the [crossed-out regiment] Frigate Dean commanded by
by Colonel Nicholson of the Navy U. S. 
[crossed-out line, for] for the term of 1 year Mass
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Inscribed on the Roll of Dist of Maine 
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 17 day of April 1819.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1819
and Sent to Daniel Sewall Esq
Kennebunk, Maine
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Arrears to the 4th ----
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 | 36.80
Due | 36.80

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

[crossed-out Dis]continued [illegible] [illegible]

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[illegible] sent to Dan^l 
Sewall, York, Maine
19 July 1820

reconsidered
& reinstated Sept
5th 1820 [crossed-out &]
notification sent 
to Dan^l Sewall Eqr
Kennebunk,

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We Mark Kerswell and Richard Williams both of Kittery in county of York Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, do depose testify & say, that we are near neighbors of Bray Cox of said Kittery, who served as a seaman in the Naval Service of the United States during the war of the Revolution, and we further testify, that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.

Mark Kerswell
Richard Williams


Commonwealth of Massachusetts

York ss.

On this eleventh day of June [illegible] personally appeared Mark Kerswell & Richard Williams above named who are disintersted witnesses and entitled to credit for truth and veraciity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by them respectively subscribed.

Before me Jere. Bradbury Justice of the Peace


Commonwealth of Massachusetts - York ss. June 14. 1819.
I the subscriber, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within & for the county of York, hereby certify, that Jeremiah Bradbury above named is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county, duly qualified to act as such.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand the the seal of said Court, the 14th day of June 1819.

Daniel Sewall.

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I William G. White of New Castle in the State of New Hampshire testify and depose, that I served on board the Dean Frigate Capt. Nicholson, in the revolutionary War about eleven months. That I well know Bray Cox of Kittery in the District of Maine. That the said Cox entered to serve the United States in said Frigate about the same time that I did, which was about the last of August or first of September 1788, That we both entered at Portsmouth to serve twelve months. That I well know that the said Bray Cox served in said Frigate more than nine months at once & the same time, and was discharged at Boston.

Wm. G. White


I Thomas Sherburne of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire depose & say that I well know Bray Cox of Kittery in the District of Maine; That he entered to serve the United States in their Frigate Dean about the last of August or beginning of September 1778. That he intered at Portsmouth to serve twelve months, and I well know that from so entering he continued in said service, without interruption for more than nine months, I having served in the same Frigate with him during more than that term. and that he was discharged at Boston.

Thomas Sherburne

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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss. Portsmouth

On the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen before me Daniel Humphreys Notary Public by Letter Patent duly commissioned and sworn, is a Justice of the peace of the Quorum [illegible]. That personally appeared the within named William G. White, & Thomas Sherburne, both Citizens, to me well known, & worthy of good credit, and each of them made oath in [illegible] of [illegible] to the truth of the within written Deposition, by him subscribed in my presence.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal in Portsmouth aforesaid, the day & year above written.

Dan. Humphreys Notr Pub^c & Jus. Peace & Quorum

[Seal]


I Thomas Brown of Kittery, Maine deposes & say that Bray Cox of E. Kittery, whom I well know, served the United States in their Frigate Dean in the revolutionary War, more than nine months & done of the same [illegible] and I well know this from having served with him, more than that time in the same Frigate, [illegible] and he entered & was discharged as is set forth in the within Deposition.

Tho. Brown

Said that Brown a reputable citizen subscribe & made oath to the above Apr 15 1819.

Said attest Danl Humphreys [illegible] [illegible]

[Seal]

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I Bray Cox of Kittery in the District of Maine on oath declare, that I served the United States in the war of the revolution against the common enemy more than nine months, - On the last of August or the first of September 1778 I shipped on board the U. S. Frigate, or continental Frigate called the Dean, Captain Nicholson for the term of twelve months, & was honorably discharged from said frigate after having served the time for which I entered. - I further declare that owing to my reduced circumstances I stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support

Bray Cox


Commonwealth of Massachusetts

York ss. On the seventeenth day of April A. D. 1819, before me Jonas Clark, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for the county of York in the Commonwealth aforesaid, personally appeared the aforenamed Bray Cox, and in my presence subscribed and made oath to the afore written declaration and affidavit by him made, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War." And it appearing to my satisfaction that the aforenamed Bray Cox served for the term of more than nine months at one period of the War of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy. And also that the said Bray Cox is in such reduced circumstances, that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the department of War.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and have caused the seal of the said court to be hereunto affixed, the fourteenth day of June A. D. 1819.

Jonas Clark

[Seal]

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Bray Cox's Application
for pension.

17 April 1819.

District of Maine

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Bray Cox. N^o. 8

12.415 $62.
15 July 1829
[illegible]

12.415  [illegible] $60.

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STATE OF MAINE.

York, ss.... At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York, within and for the County of York, on the first Tuesday of July, being the fourth day of said month, [crossed-out and by adjournment from the day to day, on the day of] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Grane, Chief Justice of said Court.

ON this fifth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said [crossed-out Circuit] county, Bray Cox aged fifty eight years, resident in Kittery in said [crossed-out Circuit] County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a seaman in the Frigate Dean [crossed-out company commanded by     in the Regiment] commanded by [crossed-out Colonel] Samuel Nicholson in the [crossed-out line of the State of] Navy of the United States on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12.415 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.

Bray Cox

{Sworn to and declared, on the fifth day of July A. D. 1820.} 

BEFORE Benjamin Grane {[crossed-out One of the Judges] Chief Justice of the said Court.}

Att. Daniel Sewall, Clerk

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SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:

40 acres of poor rocky land - a house, small, unfinished of & untenantable - 1 [illegible] hovel - 1 cow
I am indebted to the amount of two hundred & fifty dollars & rising.



SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Bray Cox who, by occupation am a mariner which I am unable to pursue by reason of age and infirmity.
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NAMES. | AGES. | Capacity of each to contribute to their support.

Olive Cox wife | 68 | infirm & unable to support herself.

Bray Cox
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STATE OF MAINE.

York. ss.

I, Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas [crossed-out for said Circuit] within the county of York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, sixty two dollars; and that he owes two hundred dollars [crossed-out cents]. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this eighth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

Daniel Sewall {Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York}

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Revy Navy INVALID.
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File No. 36.984
Bray Cox
Seaman
Frigate "Dean"
Revolutionary
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Act: March 18. 1818
Index: Vol.  , Page  

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Bray Cox.
Kittery

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War Department, [illegible]

PENSION OFFICE

19th July 1821.

SIR,

You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of 18th March, 1818, and 1st May 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. Edwards

To Mr. Bray Cox,
Kittery, Maine

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[illegible]

Value 62.--
Owing 200.--