Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,563, for Samuel Nay, Virginia

SERVICE
Nay, Samuel
NUMBER
R. 7563
CONTENTS

33. 264 Samuel May Indiana
1863

Indiana Forest } Johnson County }
On this 22 day of September A.D. 1855: personally appeared in open court, before the "Honorable, the Judges of the Johnson Circuit Court now sitting Samuel May a resident of Mineral Township in said county and state aforesaid aged 72 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That in the spring (he thinks in April) of the year 1781. he was entered the service of the United States as a substitute, at Fauquier County in the state of Virginia. That the officers of the company to which he belonged were Captain John Waugh, and Lieutenant Jacob Coons the Commandant of the Regiment to which said company belonged was — McArthur. That from the said point of enlistment; to wit: Fauquier County, the detachment to which this applicant belonged marched to the lower parts of the state near to the Bay; in the country adjoining which he was constantly kept in motion watching the motions of the enemy, and guarding and protecting the country from their predatory incursions. While engaged in these duties the company to which this applicant belonged had a skirmish with the British at Petersburg during which however this applicant was engaged in guarding the Baggage wagons: That after an active tour of not less than three months this applicant was discharged verbally at a place then called the Drinking Springs below Williamsburg.
That afterwards in the fall of the year 1781 (he thinks in October) he was drafted into the service of the United States in Culpepper County in the state of Virginia. That the officers of the company in which this tour of duty was performed were Captain Wood Slaughter and Lieutenant John Triplett and Regimental Commandant Colonel John Slaughter. That soon after the entry into the service as aforesaid the company to which this applicant belonged was attached to a body of Continental troops the number & designation whereof is now unknown to applicant. That from the place of enlistment aforesaid this applicant marched with his company

to James River, before the junction of Pamuntrie. That in said march at a place called "New Burnham" the picket guard of the detachment were attacked and all killed or made prisoners except one. That afterwards together with his company he was stationed at Williamsburg, to prevent as he believes the escape of the British from York. That during this time he performed a term of service of not less than three months. That he was slightly acquainted with Maj. Gen. Lafayette Lafayette, Maj. De Coleman and Adjutant Sill Welch Regular officers.
That he has no documentary evidence of his services; That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
He hereby relinquishes every 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.
And in answer to the interrogatories here now propounded to him by the Court the said applicant saith
1 That he was born in Culpepper county Virginia in 1763 2 That he has no record of his age 3 That at the periods when he was called into the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution he resided in Culpepper county in the state of Virginia. Since which periods he has lived in Kentucky Mercer county and now and for the last 2 years has resided in Johnson County Indiana 4 That at the first term of enlistment service he entered as a substitute for one John May and at the second he was drafted 5 That he is known to Asa B May and Martin his Whitfield who will testify to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his services as stated in his said declaration Samuel H May mark
Sworn to in open Court Sept 2nd 1835.
Sam P. Thériott Clerk

We Asa B. Ray a Clergyman residing in Nineveh township John son County Indiana and Martin Whitesides residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Ray who has subscribed and sworn to this declaration that we believe him to be 72 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.
Asa B. Ray Martin Whitesides
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Sam l H. Herrriott Clerk
And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion after the in- vestigation 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 Asa Ray who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy- man resident in Nineveh township in said County, and that Martin Whitesides who has also signed the same is also a resident of said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to cred-
William W. Wick Daniel Booz James R. Alexander
I Samuel Herrriott Clerk of the Johnson Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Ray for a pension
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court the 24. day of September A.D. 1835.
Sam l H. Herrriott Clerk

State of Indiana } to wit Johnson County }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said cou- nty James James Nay and being duly sworn according to law says that he is a resident of Jefferson County and State of Indiana; that he is a brother of the said Samuel Nay who filed his declaration for a pension and that he is acquainted with Gedion McLun and has been since they were boys before and during and since the Revolutionary war, and the facts and circumstances stated by him are correct as far as he is con- cerned, and that his brother Samuel Nay did enlist the army of the revolution in the place of my brother Mr. Nay in the year 1777. or 1778. that after his time was out for him he served in his own place six months I went to see him there while in the army I think that he was the most of the time in Virginia, I have a brother I think is yet living in Grand-view Ills. who will testify to the same over given under my hand this the eighth day of March 1848
David Jenkins Justice of the Peace

Sam May, or heirs Franklin Johnson Co, Ind.

Power of atty. case of Samuel May Virginia vs Indiana
Filed 24 th Sep F. G. Hassler Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF Indiana COUNTY OF Johnson
Notary Public
Be it known that before me
Samuel Gray Jr a Notary Public personally appeared aged 65 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the one of the heirs of Samuel Gray who was a revolutionary† in the State of and that he died on the first day of October 1848 and that his mother, named Mary Gray died on the 12th day of February 1815, and that they were married on the — day of — in the year 1783 and that they were residents of in the State of Virginia and that they resided there 40 years, and that he resides in Johnson Co Indiana and that furthermore he is or may be BY THESE PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as the true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers their rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due them as heirs of Samuel Gray who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law they may be entitled.
In witness whereof, he has on this 16 th day September 1852, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal. for himself and other heirs
Warrenton, Va.
Witness :
Witness :
for an son behalf of Asa, say 5/6 Betsy say 3/6 Lucia, M c Lean
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me ; and I further certify, that said Samuel May Jr has always by the community been known as the son of Samuel May Jr and
Dated on this 16 th day of September 1852 at which my hand and Notarial Seal
Anderson Hunter N.P.
of
COUNTY of _____
to wit:
I hereby certify, That
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunder the name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of
County Court, this
day of
one thousand eight
hundred and
Clerk.
 * If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." 
† State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

December 19, 1932
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SAMUEL NAY Adams
R. 7563
Mr. William L. Nay 119 North Washington Street Danville, Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Samuel Nay, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 7563, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Nay.
Samuel Nay was born in 1760 or 1763, in Culpeper County, Virginia; names of his parents are not stated.
He applied for pension September 22, 1835, while a resident of Ninevah Township, Johnson County, Indiana, where he had lived for two years, and alleged that while living in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1778 and served eighteen months as a substitute for his brother, William Nay, officers not stated; that he also enlisted March 1, 1781, or in April, 1781, as a substitute for one John Nay (relationship not stated), served three months in Captain John Waugh's company, Colonel Thomas Barbour's Virginia regiment; and that he entered the service in October, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain Kad Slaughter's company, Colonel John Slaughter's Virginia regiment.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months service as required by the pension law.
In 1788 he moved to Kentucky and lived in Mercer and Jefferson Counties for many years, then moved to Johnson County, Indiana.

In March, 1848, he was still living in Johnson County, Indiana, and signed as Samuel Nay, Senior. At that time he stated that he had living two brothers, James Nay, of Jefferson County, Indiana, and Joseph Nay, of Near Grandview, Illinois.
He died October 1, 1848.
Samuel Nay married in 1783, Nancy, whose maiden name is not stated; they were both residents of the State of Virginia. She died February 14, 1815.
Samuel Nay, Junior, son of the soldier and his wife, Nancy, was living in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, in 1852, and then referred to other heirs of the soldier, - Asa Nay, Presly Nay and Lucy McQuin, but did not state their relationship.
In 1835, one Asa B. Nay, a clergyman, was living in Ninevah Township, Indiana; relationship to soldier not stated.
In 1848, one Zedick McQuin, aged eighty-four years, made affidavit in behalf of Samuel Nay, Senior, in Johnson County, Indiana; he was a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War; relationship to Lucy McQuin, one of soldier's heirs, not stated.
There are no further data shown in the claim relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rejected
See letter 5 Oct 1835 to Saml Horritt Chas Franklin, let 4 May 1836 P. M. West.
did not send six months Let to B. J. Hicklin March 8th 1845

N 37590 Samuel May sen Ind
Set to Hon W. W. Wick April 14 Set to same May 11 48
act 7 June 1832

Danville, Indiana July 26 - 1932
Administration Head of Pensions Washington D. C. Officer in Charge.
Dear Sir. Will you please send me a copy of the pension claim of the Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Nay who died in Johnson county Indiana
Thanking you I am
Yours truly
William L. Nay 119 N. Washington St Danville Indiana

Franklin Indiana April. 21-1932.
Officer in Charge Veterans Administration Washington D.C. Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the record you have of the Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Way . He died in Johnson County Indiana October 1st - 1848. His wife was Nancy —.
Thanking you.
Yours truly
Miss Byrtha Rose 62 South Hougham St Franklin Indiana.

Home of Reps March 3 rd 45
Sir
I have the honor of laying before you Dept. the enclosed paper for its action.
Yours respectfully Edw. B. Filkin

Hall of Representatives 27 April 1848
Com. of Pensions
Sir,
Herewith please find a letter from Mr Hurd, on the subject of Hays application for a pension. Be so good as to give him the desired information, either directly, or through
Your very humble servant
W W Wick

1000 REJECTED
P. O. _____
Samuel May
Service: _____
Consolidated with
Enlisted: 7362 Samuel May , 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Search for _____, 18 .

1932 June 1 - Hist to Miss Byrnes Rose M.B. 1932, Dec. 19 - Hist to Mrs. May 1918.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
7062.
P. O.
Samuel May
Service: Consolidated Oct 20 1882 with reg o 7563
Enlisted: _____ In d B riot 18
Discharged: _____ , 18
Application filed: _____ , 18 1852 Printed list show cause of rejection "He did not furnish proof of six mos. service" Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____ , 18

S. M. Lord. May 4. 1856
Record Vol 28 Pg 66.

War Dept. P. Office May 4, 1836
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the in the case of Samuel Noy, I have to inform you that the letter of the 5 th Octr 1835 to S. Berrist, a copy of which is enclosed, will show the objections to the admission of the claim.
F. M. Finch Esq. Franklin, Indiana.
Copy

Oct 5, 1835
OC.
Record Vol 28, P 150.

War Dept. P. Office Oct 5, 1835
In The declaration of Samuel Coley has been ex d . He alleges that he served two terms of three months each as a militia man of Virginia and that he entered on his second term in Oct r . 1781. Lord Cornwallis's army was surrendered about the middle of the month, after which the militia were dismissed. The applicant could not therefore have served therein six months, which is necessary in order to obtain the benefits of the act of 7 June 1832. The claim has therefore been rejected, and the papers filed in this office.
Edw
Samuel Merritt Esq. Owen R. Kling Ind a

Wm. Lloyd
March 8 '45

Pension Office March 8 1845
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the declaration of Samuel Kay, which purports to be an original declaration and in which he assigns a reason for not having made earlier application, has been examined and filed.
This statement is not correct. He asserted a claim in 1835 for service in the Virginia Militia under the same officers, which was rejected, there being no evidence that he performed much as 6 months service. He has presented no proof whatever, in support of his declaration.
Hon. O. B. Ficklin Charleston Coles Co Ill.

Pension Office
April 14 th 1848
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the reasons in the case of Samuel May have been examined and filed under the act of 7 June 1832.
Claimant alleges that he served a term of 18 months as a substitute for his brother William May and a term of 6 mos on his own account in the Virginia Line. We know of no terms of service duration in that line and neither his name nor that of his brother is found with those attached to that service to whom Certificates of Discharge were issued. This fact together with the great delay in presenting his application, when the means of establishing it by the testimony of Comrades are daily disappearing, gives rise to strong a presumption against the validity of his claim that proof of a high order of service must be produced before he can be allowed a pension.
If you need or documentary evidence

Can be obtained Plaintiff must so specify his several terms of service, as to length, period and grade with the names of his company, and place of service as to enable us to trace his name on the Roll of the Virginia Line in this Office. Or if this cannot be done the testimony of two or more witnesses who were themselves in service and who can from their own personal knowledge state the time of Nays's entering and the time and manner of his leaving the same as well as the Company Regiment and Line to which he belonged. None of the witnesses who have testified in this case were in service themselves and therefore are not cannot furnish such proof as has been required
MS. B. 1. 6 v. 8 p. 37
Hon. W. W. Vick House of Reps

Franklin Ind. April 22 nd 1848
Dear Sir
I received your favor informing me what proof is necessary yet, in the case Samuel Way, before he will be entitled to a pension. We allowed that if we proved, by men who saw him in the army as a soldier, visited him there and brought letters from him would certainly be sufficient under the existing Pension Laws
You seem to think that if we could prove by some one who were themselves in the army as soldiers would be sufficient. That we think we can do but it will take some time as they live at a distance from here; but if such evidence will be sufficient we will try and obtain it.
We can prove by a number of respectable men, that Mr Story who has been drawing a pension for several years, conversed frequently with Mr Way and that they saw each other in the army, we can do that here at home though Mr Story lived near Warsaw Ky. but was frequently here, He died this Winter past
With regard to the delay of presenting papers for a pension for Way. He has been often -

Solicited to apply, but would not as he said he had enough his lifetime, and he did not wish to be dependent on the Government, but that is not the case now.
It may be possible that we can prove by some of the soldiers who his field officers were, but after such a great lapse of time it is difficult to prove things very minute.
I am aware that your office is much crowded with business, but would be glad if you would have time to inform me whether we would have to appear in open Court for the purpose of taking further evidence in Nays case, or would vacation do, as we would have to wait some time for Court to be in session, and as the papers has been filed once in open court.
Yours Truly W. A. Hurd
P. S. Nay served in Militia it may be you have not the names of Virginia Militia in the office for we can prove most possibly that he was in the army of the revolution.
W. A. H.

Thos. W. W. Wick
May 11. 48

12 Pension Office May 11 th , 1848
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27 th ulto. covering one from Mr. Hurd respecting the Case of Samuel May Jun. and in reply thereto to state that we have no record of the Militia Service in this office, But if May's Statement be correct he did not belong to that Service.
He sets forth in his declaration one term of 18 months duration as a substitute for his brother and Cousin upon an enlistment on his own account. The Service in the Virginia Militia were rendered under drafts which were limited by law to 3 months, and the fact of his having claimed a continuous Service of 18 months, shows clearly that he was not attached to the Militia Service of that State. It does not appear that Applicant has any claim to a pension. The requisitions in my letter to you of the 11 th ulto should be strictly complied with.
Jan 11 11 Week Adams Office

June 1, 1932
BA-J/MLB XXXXXXXXXXXX SAMUEL MAY R. 7563
Miss Byrtha Rose 62 South Hougham Street Franklin, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Samuel May, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 7563, based upon the military service of Samuel May in the Revolutionary War.
He was born in 1760, or 1763, in Culpeper County, Virginia.
He applied for pension September 22, 1835, while a resident of Nineveh Township, Johnson County, Indiana, where he had lived for two years, and alleged that while living in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1778 and served eighteen months as a substitute for his brother, William May, officers not stated; that he also enlisted March 1, 1781, or in April, 1781, as a substitute for one John May (relationship not stated), served three months in Captain John Waugh's company, Colonel Thomas Barbour's Virginia regiment; and that he entered the service in October, 1781, and served three months as a private in Captain Kad Slaughter's company, Colonel John Slaughter's Virginia regiment.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months' service as required by the pension law.
In 1788 he moved to Kentucky and lived in Mercer and Jefferson Counties for many years, then moved to Johnson County, Indiana.
In March, 1848, he was still living in Johnson County, Indiana, and signed as Samuel May, Senior. At that time he stated that he had living two brothers, James May, of Jefferson

County, Indiana, and Joseph Nay, of Near Grandview, Illinois.
He died October 1, 1848.
Samuel Nay married in 1783, Nancy, whose maiden name is not stated; they were both residents of the State of Virginia. She died February 14, 1815.
Samuel Nay, Junior, son of the soldier and his wife, Nancy, was living in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, in 1852, and then referred to other heirs of the soldier, - Asa Nay, Presly Nay and Lucy McQuin, but did not state their relationship.
In 1835, one Asa B. Nay, a clergyman, was living in Nineveh Township, Indiana; relationship to soldier not stated.
In 1848, one Zedick McQuin, aged eighty-four years, made affidavit in behalf of Samuel Nay, Senior, in Johnson County, Indiana; he was a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War; relationship to Lucy McQuin, one of soldier's heirs, not stated.
There are no further data shown in the claim relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administration

State of Indiana } to wit Johnson County }
I Zedie M c Quin do hereby testify that I was acquainted with Samuel N ay . Sen. of Johnson County and State of Indiana, but formerly of Culpepper County and State of Virginia during the time and since the "Revolution War"
I know him to have been a soldier of the Revolution war and served two years eighteen months in the place of William N ay . and six months in his own place. I heard him and William N ay . make a contract. William N ay . was to pay Samuel N ay . one black Mare and Seventy five dollars for the eighteen months service. I can not state precisely the year he went but recollect that I was in the sixteenth year of my age for it was the first year that I had to muster and sixteen was the age that we commenced Mustering.
I went to see Samuel N ay . Sen. when he was encamped near James River in the State of Virginia. While I knew where he was, he was principally along the coast and on James River I only saw said Samuel N ay . once while he was

in the army, and that was when he was stationed on James River in the State of Virginia. I went to take him some money and to see the French Army that was commanded by Lafayette which was in sight of where Samuel Way was. I went with James Way a brother of Samuel Way sen. who is still living in the County of Jeffer- =son and State of Indiana. We were all then citizens of Pulaski county and State of Virginia. To the best of my knowledge I am now eighty four years of age I am now a citizen of the County of Johnson and State of Indiana. Signed this the eighth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight                      Zedick McQuinn
State of Indiana } to wit Johnson county }
Personally appeared before me David Durbin one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county. The above named Zedick McQuinn and being duly sworn according to law says that the facts detailed and circumstance narra- ted are true to the best of his know- ledge. Given under my hand and Seal this the the eighth day of March 1848                                              David Durbin (Seal) Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana } Johnson County }
On this 13 th day of August one thousand Eight hundred and forty four personally appeared in open court Before the Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid Now sitting at Franklin in the said County Samuel Nay a resident of the County and state aforesaid aged Eighty One years past who Being first duly sworn according to Law cloth On his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress June 7. 1832 that he entered the service of the United States as a private under the following named officers and served as herein stated in Culpepper County Virginia that he was drafted for the Period of he supposes six months that he was Drafted in the spring of the Year One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty One that he served from the first Of March of that year to the middle of September of the same year he was first under Capt John Waugh and Col Thomas Barber then under Capt Rad Slaughter and Col John Slaughter that at the Battle at Petersburg he was set as a guard over the Waggons in sight of the Battle but was Not in it says he was well acquainted with Lafayette He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension Or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency
Clerk
He further says that the reason why he did not make application at an earlier period is that he was able to live without it till his present Old age and infirmity makes it necessary that he should have Assistance Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Isaac Lucas Clerk
Samuel his Nay mark

We David Parkhurst a Clergyman resident in the County of Johnson and State of Indiana and Henry Woodward Residing in the same County do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Samuel May who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one 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 fully concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Isaac Jones Bk David Parkhurst Henry Woodward
The said Court then propounded to the said Samuel May the following interrogations to which the following answers were made by the said Samuel May 1 st where and in what year were you Born?
Answer I was born in the County of Culpepper in the State of Virginia in the year 1763
2 nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it Answer his age was recorded in a Family Bible but the Book was some years ago destroyed
3 rd where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Answer when called into the service I was living in Culpepper County in the State of Virginia that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight he moved to Kentucky and lived there forty six years then moved to Indiana and now resides in in the State of Indiana
4 th How were you called into service Answer I was drafted as aforesaid

5 th State the names of such Regular officers or Continentals or other Regiments as were with the troops where you served and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer Lafayette and his men were with us part of the time that I was in service I recollect one of his Officers whose name was DeClomen A Major
6 Did you ever receive a Discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I Received No Discharge but was relieved and Dismissed and went home
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer David Parkhurst Ezekiel M c Guin David Forsythe Robert Forsythe Clark Tucker James Mulikin Arthur Mulikin George Tucker
And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that said Samuel Nay was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them that David Parkhurst who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Johnson and state of Indiana and that Henry Woodward is a Credible person and that their statements is entitled to Credit
John Smily Probate Judge Johnson County
I Isaac Lones Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court the matter of the Application of Samuel Nay for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and Affixed the seal Of said Court at Franklin in said County this 14 th Day of August 1844
Isaac Jones Clerk

37590
Samuel May bond
Act 7. June 1832.
H. H. Wick

Questions by the court
Where and in what year were you born? I was born in the year 1760. Have you any record of it? I have one that I have kept myself from what my parents told me, written in a bible sixty years ago. Where were you living when called into service? In the state of Virginia Culpepper County. Where have you been living since; About forty years I lived in Jefferson County Ky. and the last fourteen years in this county. How were you called into service? My brother W m Vay was drafted, and I served in his place eighteen months and then I served in my own place six months. State 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 service?
I can recollect of seeing Col. Stephens Col. Monroe who I believe was afterwards President I saw Lafayette often when he was on James River I saw Washington several times Capt. Waugh and Houghton. I was in a skirmish at Petersburg Va. I recollect I was sent out at a ferry on James River when we had to watch the tide water so as to watch the movements of Lord Cornwallis. I cannot tell now what they watched the tide for. 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 service as a soldier of the Revolution; I can refer to Zedie McQuinn who has known me for 80 years, Isaac Woodruff W m Bridges John Hamner. and I have two brothers living, who can testify to my being a soldier of the Revolution. James Vay of Jefferson Co. Ky. and Joseph Vay near Grandview Illinois
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting putting the interrogatories prescribed
see last leaf

Indiana to wit } Johnson County } On this day the ninth of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight. personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Johnson County now sitting Sam- uel Gray sen. resident of the county of Johnson and State of Indiana. aged eighty seven 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 law of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832: That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1778: That he has forgot most of his officers names He recollects the name of Capt. Slaughter and Capt. John Waugh: That he served eighteen months in the place of his brother William Gray. and six months in his own place. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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. Samuel Gray sen. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We Asa B. Gray a clergyman residing in the county of Johnson and State of Indiana and Loab Woodruff residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Gray sen. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be 87 years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we fully concur in the opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

by the War department that the above applicant was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as he stated: And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Ad Saba Ray who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Johnson and State of Indiana and that Jacob Woodruff and that Jacob Woodruff is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit
I Jacob Sibert the clerk of the court of Johnson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Ray for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the 7 th day of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight. Jacob Sibert clk J.C.C.

37290
Samuel May donor
Act 7. June 1832.
H. H. Nick
Indiana Territory
Johnson County } ss. Jacob Sibert, Clerk of the Johnson Circuit Court, do hereby certify, that David Durbin Esqr. whose name appears to the within Certificates of acknowledgment, now is, and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the peace within and for said Coun- ty duly Elected, Commissioned, and qualified - and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such, and that the signature purporting to be his is true and genuine.
In witness whereof I hereby set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Franklin this 14 th day of March A.D. 1848.
Jacob Sibert Clk. J.C.

State of Indiana } to wit Johnson County }
Persons only appeared before me the under signed one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Messrs Yopp Daniel Pritchett John Hanner and Mr Bridges who being duly sworn according to law stated on oath that they have been acquainted with Samuel Way, Jr. and believe him to be the age he has stated in his declaration and that he is a soldier of the Revolution. They are all citizens of Johnson County and State of Indiana
Given under my hand this the eight day of March 1848
David Durbin & Co Justice of the peace

State of Indiana } Johnson County } To wit
Personally appeared before me the under signed one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county Firmly M c Clintock Eliza Parkhurst James Hill Loab Woodruff Rufus Ward J. G. Hosney, and being duly sworn according to law stated on oath that they are well acquainted with Zedie M c Quin and Samuel Way Jr. and believe them both to be men of truth and veracity and they further believe that the said Samuel Way Jr. is a soldier of the Revolution and entitled to a pension. They are all citizens of Johnson County and State of Indiana Given under my hand and seal this the eighth day of March 1848
David Durbin Secy. Justice of the peace.