Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,052, for Robert Ray, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ray, Robert
S 30,052
CONTENTS

21.938.
Massachusetts Robert Ray
of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Fisher — of the Regt. commanded by Col. McIntosh in the Massachusetts line for 6 months and days.
Mr.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars 10 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov. 1833 and Leavitt E. S. Leland Keyser.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $50.25 Pension, allowance ending 4th Mo. 34 10.05
$60.30
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. G. Lillie Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 13.
19 Norfolk
40 00 10 05 50 25

I Samuel Haskell of Cumberland in the County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation being Seventy eight years of age do depose and say
That Robert Ray of Mendon in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was drafted and served one month as a Soldier in Rhode Island in Sullivan's Expedition, in the Revolutionary War. I was not there with him, but was drafted at the same time and procured a substitute. I had two Brothers, that were drafted and served at the same time, and when the term expired, I went with said Ray's Father to meet them, and help them home, but missed them, failed of meeting them.
Samuel Haskell
State of Rhode-Island
Providence To Cumberland Decr. 11 th 1882
Who personally appeared the above named Samuel Haskell and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the aforesaid deposition.
I further certify the said Deposition is well known to the subscriber, and is considered a credible witness in the premises.
Before me Hugh Ballou Justice of the Peace
According to copy of Census I believe it to be

Samuel Haskell, Deposition

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence sc.
I, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Alexander Ballou is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Cumberland in said county and State:—that he is by the laws of said State, authorised to administer oaths and take depositions: and that the signature to the annexed document, purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Ballou —
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Providence, this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three —
W m R Watson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Septemb 5, 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Robert Ray is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt. Samuel Fisher's Company for the period of One month and two days commencing Aug 9 th 1779 - (and that the name of the Colonel does not appear upon the Roll -
I further Certify, that upon examination no Rolls of Capt. Samuel Fisher's Company were found, covering the period of time between October 1 st 1776 & Jan y 1. 1777 - nor any Rolls of Capt. Asa Bullard in July or August 1780 -
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence sc.
I, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Alexander Ballou is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Cumberland in Cumberland in said county and State:—that he is by the laws of said State, authorised to administer oaths and take depositions: and that the signature to the annexed document, purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Ballou —
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Providence, this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three —
W m R Watson

Rev.
138
27922
Robert Ray.
Private 6 mos & 1 day adm'd
for ungentlemanly conduct
Col. Leland Roxbury Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three  three , personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Wrentham in and for said County, Robert Ray a resident of Wrentham in said County, aged seventy six years , who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con- gress passed June 7th A. D. 1832. That he was born at said Wrentham, on the fifteen day of February A.D. 1756 & that there is a record of his birth in the Town Record of said Wrentham : THAT he was in the United States service from the  first day of October A. D. 1775, to the first day of January A. D. 1777 3 months as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Wrentham
when he entered the service; that he was drafted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Samuel Fishburne Me. Infantry, Regiment C
that he marched from Washington to White Plains , from Washington to White Plains with other obstacles & contemptuous  disrespect .
The end of his career came in a sudden shipwreck & that he was in no battle at all. It seems
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the fourth day of May , A. D. 1777, to the nineteenth day of May , A. D. 1777, 15 days as a Sergeant in the Continental  Shore  Shore  He  He that he was residing at Cambridge  Cambridge in the State of Rhode Island .
when he entered the service; that he was a substitute for Doct John Gould of Cambria and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Amos W. Tappan of the  regiment he does not know -
... : that he marched from Cambridge  Cambridge to Pocumtuck, where  where he was  was  stationed  stationed  there  there he remained  remained until the Battle of Bunker Hill : that he was in the battle of
...that he was in no battle at ... ...that he was in the United States service from ...
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the twentieth  first day of September A. D. 1777 , to the 25 th  day of October A. D. 1778 as a private in the Rhode Island  Militia : that he was residing at Cumberland maine .
when he entered the service; that he was drafted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Amos W. Tappan of 6th Regt Penna. Res. Inf. Btry. 22d Pa. Res. Inf. Bty.
He told me that he was in a battle at  the  charge & that the description of him in the  charge & the  charge is not at all like him.
THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18            as a            in the and that at the time of his application, he was residing at
of his application, he was residing at W. Elisha Fiske, a Chuggerman, & William Wales both of Wrentham, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Robert Ray, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where residing to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. ————— Elisha Fiske
Etika Tisko Willand mals

and also that he was in the United States Service, at Providence in the State of Rhode Island, commencing August 9th 1779 one month & two days, as a private in the Massachussetts Militia, of a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Fisher in Colonel Benjamin Hovey's Regiment. That he served the present of a furlough with other Militia Troops, & at the end of his service received a verbal discharge.
Also that he was in the United States Service, at Providence in the State of Rhode Island, fourteen days, in July & August 1780 as a private in the Massachussetts Militia of a company commanded by Captain Asa Bullard of White Regiment. He does not know that he then received at said Wrentham a furlough for some period with other Militia Troops, he was in no battle at the end of his service received a verbal discharge. That he has no documentary evidence of this service, & that there is no person living to his knowledge by whom he can prove it.
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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Robert Ray
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Eliza Fisher who has signed the foregoing certificate is a lawful resident in said Wrentham, & that William Blake who has also signed the same is a resident in said Wrentham, & is a credible person, & that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Hovey, Reg. of the Court of Probate of said do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Robert Ray for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Hovey

30052 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30,052
Robert Ray Dis Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1861
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1892 Feb 4-92 letter to Elisha Dyer Esq Box R s .
1920 July 27 V. Ray, info. of Cost of Copies
Aug. 13. 1920 Photo copies mailed V. Ray. cu

I Levi Wetherhead of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island & being 74 years of age do depose and say -
That in the Revolution, in the year 1776 Robert Ray of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and one monmouth of Massachusetts and myself enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Foster of said Wrentham. (The other Officers were Lieutenant Joseph Hill, and Ensign Timothy Guild -) and went to White Plains in the State of New-York, and served three Months, as soldiers we served together in the same Company - the whole time -
Sometimes during the Revolution and after the above mentioned time I served with him as as a soldier one Month, we were stationed in Providence.
I was knowing to his serving one Month in Captain Amos Whipple's Company at Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition, he was there in the action. -
The said Robert Ray is now before me and I am positive as to his identity -
Levi Wetherhead
State of Rhode Island & -
Providence & Cumberland November 23 rd AD 1832 I personally appeared the above named Levi Wether- head, and subscribed, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition -
I further certify that said deponent is well known to the subscribers, and is considered a credible witness in the premises.
Before me
Hezek Ballou
Jentire of the Peace
According to order of Court
Shelver of Probate

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence ss. I William R. Watson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in said State, hereby certify that Alexander Ballou within named is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Cumberland in said county. I State that the within signature purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Ballou and that the said Ballou is duly authorized to administer oaths, and take depositions. —
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Providence this twentieth day of February 1833.
W. R. Watson

Name Robt Ray Date Aug. 11 1920 No. Sur. File 30052 Rev. War Photographic copies wanted of 4 pieces, consisting of 7 pages. Remarks: McNelson Br. J. J. [Signature] Chief Record Div. J. J. [Signature] P. W. Clerk. Serial 3108 No.

   Name Service Placed on Pension Roll Commencement of Pension Age Source of Inform Senate Doc. Vol. 12     Income Jones Rhode Island Continental Line Private Nov. 29, 1832 Mar. 4, 1831 77 page 139   Robert Ray Massachusetts Militia Private Nov. 25, 1833 Mar. 4, 1831 79 page 228  
ELSON KALSBOURNE JONES SOLICITOR OF PATENTS PROVIDENCE, R.I.

NEW YORK OCT 7 1891 RECEIVED
PENSION OFFICE OCT 9 1891

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BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
AUG 2 1920 19__
Chief of Rev. War Section Sir:
I have this day received from V. Ray  draft No. 506,349 for $ 1 50 / 100 requesting post-office addresses as per letter herewith
Aug. 13. 1920 Photos mailed to Sams Div. Not AW
Very respectfully, W. L. Marshall Chief of Division. J. H. H.

Recd m O #1.30 E Law crew
CHICAGO TELEPHONE COM
GENERAL OFFICES 212-230 WEST WASHINGTON STREET
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 30, 1920.
Rev. War Section. Survivor File #30,052.
Mr. F. D. Byington, Acting Comm., Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Answering yours of the 27th instant, copy attached, herewith money order for $1.30 to cover cost of photostat copies and certifications of the record referred to.
Yours truly,
V. Ray
personal del address on photo
VR:FP
FINANCIAL DIVISION AUG 2 1920 BUREAU OF PENSIONS

PERU U. AUG 2 1920 S. OFFICE

Rev. Sec
Chicago Ill 212 W Washington St
Comr Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
Will you kindly advise how I can secure copies of all the records (each document) in the case of Robert Ray of Wrentham Norfolk Co. Mass. who was a Revolutionary pensioner placed on the roll Nov 25-1833 Pension commenced 3-4-1831
I will be pleased to omit any fees involved & would like to secure actual copies of the papers in the file -
V. Ray
1 page to be copied

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
July 27, 1920.
WASHINGTON
V. Ray, 212 W. Washington St. Chicago, Ills.
Sir:
In reply to your letter which was received on the 26" instant, you are advised that photostat copies of the original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 30,052, of Robert Ray, will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents per page, with twenty-five cents extra, if certification is desired; the number of pages to be copied is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
A. D. Byington
Acting Commissioner.
4 pages in all

State of Rhode Island, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. Providence, 189
Deacon Jones Robt Ray Oct 97

State of Rhode Island,
Adjutant General's Office.
Providence Oct 2 1891
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I have the honor to request a record of the service of Lucena Jones and Robert Ray, Revolutionary War. The enclosed slip contains all the information that can be obtained and the Adj. Genl's Office, U.S.A. has informed me that your department can furnish the desired record.
I have the honor also to request record of Henry Wheeler, who also served during the Revolutionary War.
Very Respectfully
Ebenezer Dyer
Adjutant General

(COPY)
Rev. War Section.
July 27, 1920.
V. Ray, 212 W. Washington St., Chicago, Illinois.
Sir:
In reply to your letter which was received on the 26" instant, you are advised that photostat copies of the original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 30,052, of Robert Ray, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents per page, with twenty-five cents extra, for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded by you to this Bureau by money order, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) F. D. Byington, Acting Commissioner.

PERU U. S. A. P. 2 1920 OFFICE