Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,614, for Thomas Ray, North Carolina

SERVICE
N.B.
Ray Thomas Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 9,614
CONTENTS

7612. Indiana.
Elizabeth Ray, deceased, widow of Thomas Ray Ray, who was a private, N.C. in the N. Carolina line
11.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 14
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & end on 13 November, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of March, 1846 and sent to
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
8 th June, 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 228.
13th March 46, Repd.

Payment to be made at Madison
by J. F. D. Lanier
Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Indiana
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Books A & D. Vol- umes 1 & 2 Pages 220+ 429 by —
Whittmore
Clerk.

Issue 2 certificates in this case
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 7 th : July, 1838, March, 3 d 1843 & 17 th : June, 1844, Elizabeth Ray , deceased, who was the widow of Thomas Ray, who was a private, was entitled to a pension at the rate of Twenty-four dollars and forty-four cents per annum commencing on the 4 th : March, 1836, under the act of July 7 th : 1838, and ending on the 4 th : March, 1841. The said Elizabeth was also entitled under the acts of March 3 d 1843 and June 17 th : 1844 - commencing on the 4 th March 1843 and ending on the thirteenth of November eighteen hundred and forty-four, the day of her death; which will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to James Ray, Administrator, for himself and the sole use and benefit of Hudson Ray, Gilly Byerly, Susannah Bais, Martha Nail and Chaney Campbell only surviving of Elizabeth Ray, deceased.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh — day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-Six
Examined and Counter
This order was multilisted to the War Department Co. 1008 Battery

State of Indiana } p. Jacob Vernon Shelby County } Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for said County began and held in and for said County on Monday the 9th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty six do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to said court at the above named term thereof that Elizabeth Ray late widow of Thomas Ray deceased died in said County in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four on the 13th day of November that she was the widow of the said Thomas Ray at the time of her death and that the following named children of said Elizabeth and no other survived her to wit: Watson Ray James Ray. Gilly Byers late Gilly Ray Susannah Bass late Susannah Ray. Martha Hall late Martha Ray. Chaney Campbell late Chaney Ray all residents of the County of Shelby and State of Indiana,

Further Certifies that James Ray — is duly appointed by said court administrator on the estate of the said Elizabeth Ray and is fully qualified and authorized to act in that capacity
In testimony whereof have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said court at Shelbyville in said county the 9 th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty six (1846) —
Jacob Vernon Clerk

Personally appeared before said Court in open court at the term aforesaid James Ray — the administrator aforesaid and being duly sworn according to Law I hope court would oath make the following Declaration for the sole use and benefit of the aforesaid children of Elizabeth Ray in order to obtain for their benefit as aforesaid the benefits of the acts of Congress passed 7. July 1838 & March 3. 1843 and 17. June 1844. That he is not able to specify the terms of said Thomas Ray or his marriage to the said Elizabeth but refers for the same to the papers of the said Elizabeth on file — that he makes the Declaration for the benefit of the children aforesaid Subscribed and Sworn to in open court } James Ray admr the 9 th day of February } 1846 J. Vernon Clerk

State of Indiana Shelby County ss. I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the said county do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said Court at the February Term thereof 1846 in the matter of the application of James Ray Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Ray deceased for the Pension due her at the time of her death
Witness my hand and the official seal of said Court the 9 th day of February A D 1846 Jacob Vernon Clerk

State of Indiana Shelby County ss.
On this ninth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty two, Before the Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid, now in Session personally appeared Elizabeth Ray a resident of Addison Township in the County aforesaid aged Seventyfive (or seventy six) years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838,
That she was married to Thomas Ray in the County of Franklin in the State of North Carolina in the latter part of the winter, in the year (she believes) seven hundred and eighty or 83 two, by a magistrate whose name was Tanner Alfred (or Allford) she also believes that said Allford was a Major in the Revolutionary War - The maiden name of this deponent was Elizabeth Pearce - The said Thomas Ray the husband of this applicant served as this applicant mostly believes in the Revolutionary War in the following manner - The said Thomas Ray about the year 1779 resided with his father in Wake County North Carolina near the line of Franklin County in the same State, and was drafted to serve in the army operating in the South, he said Thomas was not then of proper age to be compelled to serve, but went into the Service and served according to said draft which was for the period of three months, after that term expired, without returning home he hired as a substitute but served another campaign of three months in the place and stead of said Wheeler, and after that campaign expired, he said Thomas was again drafted into the Service, and served successfully in five campaigns of three months each, making in all the time he served twentyone months, to the best of the recollection of this applicant, The said Thomas returned home to see his father's family & friends, between each of the campaigns above mentioned (except between the first & second) and this applicant saw him at that time each time he so returned home - This applicant resided with her father's family, on a plantation

adjoining to the plantation of said Thomas father except that a creek being the line dividing Wade & Franklin Counties run between them - This deponent cannot state the Counties or places through which he passes, but she always understood that he served in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia - , And that he was in various skirmishes, and with her against the Tories at or near Bell's Mills on deep River, and was in the Battle with against the British at Oataw- Springs, and in that battle was slightly wounded in the neck and foot by shots from the British, the scars of which wounds he distinctly retained during his life - He served under the following Officers viz; General Green, Major McLeary, Captain Samuel Sharp, - This applicant does not know whether any change of officers took place during the time of his service, - During the first Campaign the said Thomas on account of his youth served generally as a waiter, and afterwards during the resi- due of the time as a common soldier, the last time he returned home from that service he brought with him one of the Red Coats said to have belonged to the British, - This applicant believes that his services termi- nated soon after the battle at Oataw Springs and she believes it was in the Month of August, and in the Year 1781 but she is not positive as to the time, partic- ularly the year she is not certain, as she has no record of the time, or of the age of herself or her marriage, nor does she know of any document, or any other certain evidence of the services of said Thomas Ray. This deponent does not know positively of her own knowledge, as to the services of said Thomas as above mentioned, and knows of and verily believes the same, only from the fact of her near residence to and intimate acquaintance with said Thomas before and during the time & since said service, the statements of said Thomas concerning the same, and the General Conversations of the neighborhood on the subject at that time & since, and the conversations of those of the neighborhood who served some with him and others about the same time, among whom were the following persons viz, of those regularly enlisted, John Segraves Sen r & Hudson Ray (the last named was Brother to said Thomas & was wounded in the

Battle at Eutaw Springs and died in the Hospital. The names of the Militia who served of the neighborhood were Charles Ray, (he was taken prisoner by the British at some time before the above named battle & died while (too small for a prisoner) Daniel Ray, Jesse Burn (was also a prisoner with Charles Ray but returned) John Pearce, William Wheeler, John Sazmes Surry, Philip Pearce, John Sanders, Thomas Sanders, Alexander Lomblin, Anderson Murney, Richard Pierce, James Pearce & Joseph Ray.
This applicant further says that after the last period of the service of the said Thomas Ray as above mentioned, she was married to said Thomas Ray as above stated but she is not certain as to the year mentioned as to said marriage - but believes it to have been early in 1802 (1792) - She was in her sixteenth year - The said Thomas and this applicant as his wife moved from said Franklin County to Randolph & thence to Nowan County in the same State & from thence to the State of Indiana about the year 1822.
The said Thomas & this applicant always lived together as husband & wife from the time of said marriage until the death of said Thomas which was on the 16 th day of November in the year 1829 in the County of Shelby Indiana, since which time she has remained a widow and has never been married to any other person - They have had a family of 7 children 6 of whom are now living the eldest of whom is Hudson Ray, & the second James Ray now sixty seven years of age (in January last) both of whom reside in this county of Shelby & with whom she lives -
Elizabeth Ray mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before Jacob Rennerly Judge of the Probate Court of said County in Open Court
Jacob Rennerly Judge Probate Court
And the said Jacob Rennerly Judge of the Court aforesaid does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, after putting questioning the above named applicant particularly touching the matters set forth in the above declaration, that Thomas Ray the late husband of the above applicant, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as stated by the above applicant. And the

court further certifies that he has been acquainted with the Said Applicant and several of her children for several years, particularly with Hudson & James Ray, the latter of whom is a respectable clergyman in the Methodist Church - and that Said Applicant is a person of respectability and her statements entitled to full credit. Jacob Kennerly Judge Probate C.S. City
I Sylvan B. Morris, Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court and ex officio Clerk of the Probate Court of Said County of Shelby, in the State of Indiana. Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the Said Probate Court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Ray for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of Said Probate Court at Shelbyville this Ninth day of May A.D. 1842.
Sylvan B. Morris Clerk
Y No 8298 Elizabeth Ray of Thomas N.C.
7 mo. 10 days fine Marina before 1794 Matthew due 1829 Under seal B.M. 1844
H. D. Wallace 76.2

State of Indiana } } Matter of the Application Shelley County } } of Elizabeth Ray for a pension —
On this 9 th day of May in the year 1842 Before the Probate Court of Shelby County now in Session personally came James Ray a resident of said County aged 57 years — who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith, that he is and always has been recognized as the second Son of — Thomas & Elizabeth Ray. That from his earliest recollec- tion he resided with them, in the County of Franklin in the State of North Carolina and afterwards in the County of Randolph in said State, That he this deponent well knew that said Thomas Ray was always reputed to have served in the War of the Revolution, & in the Bat- tle at the Eutaw Springs to have been wounded by the British in that battle, as described in the application of Elizabeth Ray this day made before the Court above mentioned — He further States that his said Father & Mother, afterwards lived in the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina aforesaid, and afterwards removed to the State of Indiana first to Wayne County & afterwards about the year 1823 to the County of Shelby, where the said Elizabeth now resides with this deponent — He further States that his said Father Thomas Ray died at said County of Shelby Indiana on the 19 th day 16 th day of November 1829, and that said Eliza- beth has ever since remained a widow
James Ray
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court, in the Probate Court of said County of Shelby the day and year first above written, And the said Court, & the Clerk thereof hereby certify that they are well acquainted with said witness James Ray and have been for
Ten years last past, and that he is a person of truth and veracity & a respectable Clergyman in the Methodist Church
Jacob Kennerly Judge Probate
Veritas Sylvan B. Beman Clerk of said Probate Court and the same thereof custodian
Sylvan Beman Clerk

Elizabeth Ray Shelby County Indiana Application for Pension

State of Indiana Hancock county Be it known on this the 18 th day of May in the year 1842 Before me Andrew F. Hatfield a Justice of the Peace of Said county of Hancock Personally appeared John Pierce a resident of Said county aged 76 years of Said mind and memory who being by me duly sworn on his oath Saith that he is the brother of Elizabeth Ray of Shelby county Indiana who is the widow of Thomas Ray deceased who died in Said county of Shelby Twelve years ago last fall during the revolutionary war and from the earliest recollection of the deponent he resided in the county of Franklin near the line of Wake county in the State of North Carolina with his fathers family and a near neighbour to the father and family of Said Thomas Ray while the Said war was raging in Carolina and other Southern States about the fall of the year 1777 and when the deponent was a lad he thinks about 13 or 14 years of age the Said Thomas Ray being thereabout two years or upwards older than the deponent he the Said Thomas was drafted to serve in the army for 3 months it was understood at that time among the family and neighbours that Said Thomas was not quite of suffi- -cient age to be drafted but his father did not go to prove his age and he Thomas went with several others of the neighbours and served and when his time expired he hired as a substitute for one of the neighbours Isaac Wheeler for 3 months and after that time was out he returned home but was very soon called out again and went still on from one campaign to another till the war was about three in that part of the count- -ry I think he must have served in all near two years from the general conversation and report in the neighbourhood he was in the battle of Bunker Springs he came home soon after that battle with a slight wound on his neck and another on his foot he brought home one of the

red coats of the British there were several persons who I know not in the Service at the same time to wit - John Segraves Sir John Segraves John Charles Ray Hudson Ray before but John Pierce Richard Pierce William Wheeler Shadrach Medlin Philbert Pierce John Ramwater Anderson Henry Lewis Pierce Joseph Perry Roger Craig Andrew Jackson John Martin Starling Cooper Samson Alford who was a Major in the Service I do not know where any of these persons are or whether any of them are living except I have had a late account from Andrew Jackson he was yet alive at that time Hudson Ray was wounded in battle and died in the hospital and Charles Ray died a prisoner with the British they were both brothers to said Thomas the next winter after the war was over in those parts the said Thomas Ray and my sister Elizabeth was married at my father's residence in Franklin county by Samson Alford a Magistrate I was present and saw them married they lived together until the death of said Thomas Ray as above mentioned they had several children to wit - Hudson Ray James Ray Gillie Ray Sarah Ray Susan Ray Martha Ray and Charles Ray this deponent cannot state positively that the is exactly correct as to the dates or as to his own age or the age of said Thomas Ray the family records of this deponent's father's family was given up in the time of the war to be sold to pay expenses of the war this deponent remembers that some one came to his father's house for money or property for that purpose and his father had nothing for them but the Bible which he gave up and that had the record of their ages in it Elizabeth the wife of said Thomas is about two years older than this deponent
Witness Wiley May James W. Skill
John his Pierce mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written - Andrew J. Hargis Justice of the Peace

We Andrew F. Walfield George Baity and Robert Wilson do certify that we have been acquainted with John Pierce the within named deponent and do believe him to be a punctual and honest man and at this time in his proper elements and we believe that his statements are entitled to credit  Andrew F. Walfield Justice of the peace a test Wiley Wray George Baity Robert Wilson
State of Indiana } Hancock County } ss John Hager Clerk of the Circuit Court I, Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County of Hancock do certify that Andrew F. Walfield Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace of said County as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine  Given under my hand & Official Seal at Greenfield this 18th May A.D. 1842  John Hager By Mark D.P.C.

We Andrew F. Hatfield George Baity and Robert Wilson do certify that we have been acquainted with John Pierce the within named deponent and do believe him to be a punctual and honest man and at this time in his proper elements and we believe that his statements are entitled to credit Andrew F. Hatfield Justice of the Peace George Baity Robert Wilson a test Wiley Wray
State of Indiana Hancock County } ss I John Hager of the Circuit Court Clerk. Within and for said County of Hancock We certify that Andrew F. Hatfield Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace of said County as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine Given under my hand & Official Seal at Greenfield This 18th May A.D. 1842
John Hager By J. Mark D.P.C.

April 30, 1953
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Thomas Ray-W.9614 BA-J/ANF
Mrs. Beatrice Ellis 620 Laramie Avenue Alliance, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Ray of North Carolina.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9614, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Ray.
The date, place of his birth and names of his parents are not stated.
Thomas Ray, while residing in Wake County, North Carolina, with his father, enlisted in 1779 and served as a private at various times in the North Carolina troops, under Captain Samuel Sharp and Major McLeary, was in a skirmish near Bells Mills and in the battle of Eutaw Springs, where wounded in the neck and foot; length of his service twenty-one months. He stated that when he enlisted he was not of "proper age to be compelled to serve".
Thomas Ray married in the winter of 1782 or 1783, Elizabeth Pearce (Pierce); at the time of their marriage she was in her sixteenth year, and they were married at her father's home in Franklin County, North Carolina. The names of her parents are not given
After marriage they moved to Randolph County, North Carolina, then to Rowan County, North Caro-

lina, and thence to Indiana about 1838.
The soldier, Thomas Ray, died November 16, 1829 in Shelby County, Indiana.
His widow, Elizabeth Ray, applied for pension, May 9, 1842, then a resident of Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana. The pension was allowed. She died November 13, 1844 in Shelby County, Indiana.
There were seven children- Hudson aged about sixty years in 1842; James aged fifty-seven years in January, 1842, and then referred to as a Clergyman of the Methodist Church; Gilley or Gilly; Susanna; Martha; Elizabeth Chaney.
The following children survived their mother and were living in Shelby County, Indiana- Hudson Ray, James Ray, Gilly Byerly, Susanna Bass, Martha Nail, and Chaney Campbell.
Hudson Ray, brother of the soldier Thomas Ray, was wounded at the battle of Buntaw Springs and died in hospital; and Charles Ray, also a brother, was taken prisoner by the British before the battle and died of small pox, while in prison. One Daniel Ray was also in the service, no relationship shown. John Pearce (Pierce), brother of the widow Elizabeth Ray, in 1842 was seventy-six years of age and living in Hancock County, Indiana.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Feb. 24-1903 Rev. C. C. Byerly Springfield Ill
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
 1908 Jan. 21 Hist. to Carolyn Campbell. V. 2. etc.  1921 July 20 Hist. to Estelle Richenberger.  1923 Feb. 7 Hist. to Mrs. C. S. Paine. etc.  1923, Mar. 3 " " Mabel Lindly En-  1926 Nov. 12 " " Hon. Thomas A. Jenkins. etc.  1927 Jan. 11 " " Marion B. Pickens etc.  1933 Apr. 20 " " Mrs. Beatrice Ellis etc. 
File No. 9614
Elizabeth Ray Wid. of Thomas Ray Pat. N. C. line
Act: March 29/1858 & June 11/1864
Index: — Vol. 180 , Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9900.
Indiana.
Elizabeth Ray, deceased, Widow of Thomas Ray, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 16. November, 1829 of Shelby Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by _____ in the N. Carolina line for 7 mos: 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison at the rate of 24 — Dollars 1111 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th: day of March, 1846 and sent to Hon: S. Breeze, U. S. Senate.
Total amount, $ 122 .20
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 429 .

Provision Office, January 14 th 1846.
Sir,
In the case of Mrs Elizabeth Ray, deceased, an allowance may be made for seven months ten days as a private, if the Court will certify the day of her death, names of her Administrator and Children.
I am, Sir, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Wm Mauley, Esq o Marshall, Illinois.

Senate chamber
Feb. 28. 1846
Dr Sir.
Enclosed is some proof to establish the adm. of Elizabeth Ray widow of Thomas Ray, to procure some pension money. Will you please attend to it soon & oblige
Yrs. S. Bruce

Aug 27, 1855
Chas. L. Carr
W. H. May
J. L. Edmonds Esq.
Court of Pensions
Washington D.C.
48.50 14.50 63.00
38 9.50 1.66 49.66
34.50 4.40 9.12 49.02
26.50 13.16 4.40 44.06

Granshull M. August 22 nd 1845-
Sir.
I have the honor to enclose a certified copy of Deed in the case of Mrs. Ray of Ind (Elizabeth) - I hope it may be satisfactory - I have not seen the Declaration & do not know its allegations - It could never have been intended by Congress that a claim should be rejected because the vid w failed to specify the exact length of time her husband lived - his affairs - the Battles he was in &c - It would be unreasonable to ask or expect such a statement from very old and frail women. How could they be supposed able to make anything more than general statements - they had no personal knowledge

of the husband's services - the husband might have left the Army in 1777 & married a woman whom he never saw till 1793 - 10 years afterward - He might have been a Communist man who gave his wife the minutes of his Senior & she might repeat it in her declaration if she remembered it. It does seem to me that a reasonable  expectancy is all that can be either asked or expected - In many instances which have come under my own knowledge the widow has been totally without where she was married - I have no desire set to wrestle with the opinions and regulations of the Public Department

and merely make suggestions which must from the nature of your duties have been long familiar to you.
I have the honor to be Respectfully
Wm Mung
J. L. Edwards Esq.
10/10/51

Raleigh N.C.
Comptroller's Office
I William F. Folger Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the Name of Thomas Ray appears of Record in this office as having had a Special Certificate issued in his favor for Five Pounds Twelve Shillings ($5.14) see Book No 23 page 62 I further Certify that the Name of S. Ray appears of Record as having had a Special Certificate issued in his favor for Four Pounds Four Shillings ($4.4) see Book G No 18 page 54 also one other Certificate for Nine Pounds Twelve Shillings ($9.12) see same Book page 74 all of which Certificates purport to be for Military Service given under my Name and Seal this 11 day of Decr 1845
Wm Folger Compt
$49.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Revenue
Washington City
D.C.
Nov 29, 1855 Recd Elizabeth [?]

Morristown Tenn. 19 th Nov. 45
Sir,
I have the honor to state that Mrs. Elizabeth Ray of Mrs. widow of Thomas whose case you lately reported to me, is dead - It is supposed to be utterly impossible to obtain more proof & under these circumstances her children, believing her claim to be a vested interest we request to know whether the claim can be allowed to the for any sum upon the proof adduced - She was quite old & frail & it will readily be presumed that she is now unable to give a very strict account of her husband's assets after a lapse of 65 years - If it cannot be allowed on proper application it will be useless to go to more expense about it - I shall be pleased to have a reply J. L. Edwards Esq. Very Respectfully Rev. M. W. Wm.

No 8298
Elizabeth Ray Widow of Mima, Ind.
act 7 July 1838.
9900 - 429 - 7612 - 220 -
Adms. 7 Mo 10 ds per $2444 per an
Madison
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 payable to James Ray, Adminis- trator for the use and benefit of Hudson Ray, James Ray, Sally Dipnly, Susannah Ray, Martha Nail & Haney Complete only during the Chieftain of Eliz a Ray adms.
Adms act 3 March 1841 from 4 March 1843 to 13 Nov 1844, the day of her death, payable to adms for use of the children as above
How S. Brase Deputy At State

ms 8298 Indiana June 1. 1842
July 7 1838 C. C. May
ms 8298
Edwards & Co Comm r of Pensions Washington City
D. W. Wallace H. R.

House of Reps June 1 st 1786 2
Sir
I enclose you agreeably to request an application of Elizabeth Ray for a Pension please transmit and acknowledge the receipt
Very Respectfully Yr Servt David Wallace
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions

PAID
PAID (10.)
July 17
J. G. Ray, Eliza, La Grange La Grange Ky. Comr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.
  49     20. 90     441 e  7. 15    3220  2233    7. 10  25 48     2333     110     2443     48. 86  

Marshall M. July 9 th 1845
Sir
I am requested to inquire of your office the situation of the claim of Elizabeth Ray widow of Thomas Ray of Shelby County Ind under act of 7. July 1838. The claim was transferred to me for prosecution many months since - but I have neglected to ascertain what were the objections to its allowance
You will oblige me much by giving me the information Very Resp y
Chas. Marshall
J. L. Sammons Esq.
Mr. Maker who sent the claim to your office is now Treasurer of the State of Indiana & declines attending to it

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by S. D. Lamparter
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Thomas Ray
Service N. C.
Additional Service Rev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above except Wid. #9614

17 N.E. The Nebraska Genealogical Society
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
PRESIDENT MRS. C. R. PETERSON UNIVERSITY PLACE NEBRASKA
Jany. 29, 1923
SECRETARY MISS MABEL LINDLY 1715 SOUTH TWENTIETH STREET LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Manager Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me the information contained in the pension granted to Betsy Pearce Ray on account of the service rendered by her husband, Thomas Ray, in the Revolutionary War. It is No. 8184 in the pension file. What I want to know is the date of his birth, also his death. Where he was living and who his parents were? If you will look this up for me, I shall appreciate it very much.
Very truly yours
mabel lindly

A. C. BYERLY, PRESIDING ELDER SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT ILL. CONFERENCE RES. 803 WEST EDWARDS ST. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS TEL. CHERRY 364
OUT WARREN FEB 16 1903
Feb. 11 1903.
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir. My great grand father Thomas Ray was a member of the 6 Virginia regiment in the Revolutionary War. I know that he was wounded in the Battle of Monmouth, and again at Eutaw Springs. It has occurred to me that perhaps the Pension office would have some record of his service, which I am anxious to obtain as a matter of patriotic pride. I am myself a veteran of the Civil War, and wish to establish for the benefit of my children the patriotic record of the family.
Any information you can give me will be thankfully received.
Respectfully.
A. C. Byerly

Alliance, Nebraska, April 3th, 1933.
Pension Dept., Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:-
Will you be good enough to give me a record of the Revolutionary Service of Thomas Ray, and any further information you have regarding him.
I thank you very much, Very truly yours, (Mrs.) Beatrice Ellis,
Signature? 620 Laramie Ave., Alliance, Nebr.
He went, I think, from North Carolina.

Mount Pleasant Iowa July 9 1921
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Am writing for some information in regard to a pension which I believe to have been granted to an ancestor for service in the War of the Revolution. Said ancestor was Thomas Ray and he entered the service in 1778 or 1779 in Wake Co.

North Carolina and I believe application for pension was made in behalf of his widow Elizabeth Pearce Ray, who was at that time a resident of Shelby Co Indiana, some time in 1842.
Could you verify this for me from the Pension records and could I obtain a record of the services of said Thomas Ray during the Revolutionary War?
Thanking you in advance

I am
Yours Very Truly
Estelle Richenberger (Mrs. J. S. Richenberger)
107 W. Broad St.
Mount Pleasant Iowa.

Des Moines, Iowa Jan 2 nd 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, Gentlemen:—
Was there a pension granted to, Thomas Ray , a private in Captain John Hervey's Company, 1 st Regiment North Carolina Militia, commanded by Col Samuel Jarvis, Revolutionary War?

If so. would you kindly inform me. as from this. I would be able to secure information, invaluable to me.
Thanking you,
I am Truly yours,
Carolyn Campbell
672-14 th St.
Des Moines, Iowa,
Rev

Mississippi Valley Historical Association
PRESIDENT WILLIAM E. CONNELLEY TOPEKA, KANSAS
SECRETARY-TREASURER MRS. CLARENCE S. PAINE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER
Feb. 2, 1923
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
To the Commissioner:
Will you please tell me what the pension record discloses of Thomas Ray who served from Wake county, N.C. in the Rev. War. His widow, Betsy (Pearce) Ray sometimes Wray received a pension. She died in 1844 in Shelby Co. Ind.
I will appreciate everything disclosed by the pension record.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. C. S. Paine

THE MISSOURI ASSOCIATION
For a Greater Missouri
GEO. A. PICKENS, General Secretary
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.
November 12, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am very desirous of obtaining accurate and verified data on a Thomas Ray, who enlisted in the revolutionary service from North Carolina, and whose name appears on an undated company pay roll in the records of the War Department. He is listed as a private in Captain John Hervey's Company, 1st Regiment, North Carolina Militia, commanded by Col. Samuel Jarves. This is all of the record available in the war department.
My great-great grandfather, Thomas Ray, emigrated to Ohio from North Carolina in 1804, and according to records of the family he died at an age that made him only fourteen years old when the revolution broke out. However, we are not certain that there may not have been some mistaken dates as to birth etc. But we are doubtful if he could have seen any revolutionary service.
If you can give me any data on the Thomas Ray mentioned in the first paragraph of this letter, whose name is on record with the War Department, I shall be grateful. Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina is the family ancestral Ray home and we are certain that a Thomas Ray of our family was in the Battle of Kings Mountain on the border between the Carolinas in about 1780.
My reason for wanting this data is to establish direct revolutionary ancestry so as to be eligible to the D.A.R. organization.
If there are charges for this kind of research work I shall be glad to reimburse for the extra duties involved.
Very sincerely yours,
Marian Bernice Pickens, Box 31, Jefferson City, Mo.
We'll meet you on "Missouri Day" Tuesday, November 16, 1926, at The American Royal Live Stock Show, Kansas City, Missouri.

THOMAS A. JENKINS 10TH DIST. OHIO
HOME ADDRESS: IRONTON, OHIO
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
November 11, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Attention Revolutionary War Div.
Dear Sir:
We would like to know if the Pension Bureau has a record of one named Moses Ray or Thomas Ray as having received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War. It is claimed that this man was from Fayetteville, N.C. and was wounded in the battle of Kings Mountain. Your kind attention will oblige,
Very truly yours,
H
Thomas A Jenkins

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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November 12, 1926
Honorable Thomas A. Jenkins House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Jenkins:
In response to your letter of the eleventh instant, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of any Moses Ray.
You are herewith furnished the history of the only Thomas Ray, who served in the North Carolina Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
From the papers in the pension claim W. 9614, it appears that Thomas Ray, while residing in Wake County, North Carolina (with his father, whose name is not stated), enlisted in 1779 and served as a private at various times under Captain Samuel Sharp

and Major McLeary of the North Carolina Troops, he was in a skirmish near Bella Mills, and in the battle of Eutaw Springs, where was wounded in the neck and foot. He served until in 1781, in all amounting to twenty-one months,
He died November 16, 1829 in Shelby County, Indiana.
Soldier married in the winter of 1782 or 1783 in Franklin County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Pearce. Pension was allowed on her application executed May 9, 1842, while she was living in Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana. She died November 13, 1844 in Shelby County, Indiana.
There were seven children- Hudson; James; Gilly; Sarah; Susannah; Martha; and Chaney.
The following children were alive in 1842, and living in Shelby County, Indiana- Hudson, aged fifty-nine or sixty years; James, a Methodist minister, aged fifty-seven years; Gilly Byerly; Susannah Bass; Martha Nail; and Chaney Campbell.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
February 7, 1933.
Mrs. C. S. Paine, Sec. & Treas. Mississippi Valley Historical Ass'n. Lincoln, Nebraska.
Madam;
In response to your letter of the 1st instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9814, it appears that Thomas Ray, while a resident of Wake County, North Carolina, enlisted 1779 and served as a Private at various times, under Captain Samuel Sharp and Major McLeary of the N. C. troops, in all twenty one months. He was in a skirmish at or near Bells Mills, and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs, where he was wounded in the neck and foot. His services terminated in 1781. He died November 10, 1839 in Shelby County, Indiana.
Soldier married in Franklin County, North Carolina, in the winter of 1782 or 1783, Elizabeth Pearce,

she was allowed pension on her application executed May 9, 1843, while living in Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana. aged 75 or 76 yrs She died in Shelby County, Ind. November 13, 1844.
There were seven children. In 1843 six were living; the eldest Hudson, was 59 or 60 years old; James; a Methodist minister, was 57 years old; Gilly Byerly; Susannah Bass; Martha Nail; and Chaney Campbell. all residing in Shelby Co. Ind.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Sarah

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