Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1998, Gregory Clark, N.C.

SERVICE
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Clark, Gregory Lurany
NUMBER
R 1998
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Lurancy Clark.
widow of Gregory.
S. Carolina
July 7. 1838, x
Col. W. Taylor, New Prospect, Miss

100
Rachel Taylor niece of Gregory. L. Gaudine
July 1. 1838.
Address Jas. H. Taylor New Prospect Winton Co. Miss

State of South Carolina Lexington District
On the Second day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, person- ally appeared before me James S. Clark a Magistrate of said district Rachel Taylor formerly Rachel Clark before her marriage aged sixty seven years, and who is physically unable to attend court being unable to leave home at this time who being duly sworn according to law makes oath and says that she is the child of Gregory Clark who was a soldier of the American Revolutionary war that he performed service in said war in the State of Va for about ten months as she is informed and believes and as appears from the Army Certificate returned to the Treasury by the Sheriff of Randolph County in Hillsborough Dist. N.C. as appears by a Certificate from the Comptroller of North Carolina hereunto presented, that her father Gregory Clark and her mother Sarah Parker were married in the year 1781 that he died January 1837. that she did June 1849. leaving Sarah intermarried with John Berry, Cornelia Clark, Patsy Clark, Nancy intermarried with David Shotts, Nancy intermarried with Jacob Hendel Catharine Elizabeth intermarried with David Hendel, Clarissa intermarried with Michael See, and the deponent children of the said Gregory Clark and his wife Sarah Clark, all of whom survived the said Gregory and Sarah & are now living (except Nancy who died previous to her father & mother).
Sworn to and subscribed before Rachel has Taylor on the day & year above written James S. Clark mag t S.D.

State of South Carolina, }
Lexington District. } I, do hereby certify that James J. Clarke, Esqr., before whom the foregoing application was made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas and General Session for Lex- ington District, this fourth day of August, A.D. 1855.
J. E. Lee Clerk P & G.S.

April 19, 1939
BA--J/AWF Gregory Clark R. 1998
Mrs. D. H. Sullivan 552 Woodard Street Spartanburg, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Gregory (Grigg) Clark, of North Carolina, later lived in South Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 1998, based upon service of Gregory Clark in the War of the Revolution.
The data and place of birth of Gregory Clark and names of his parents were not stated.
Gregory Clark married in the year 1781, Lurany Parker. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.
Gregory Clark died sometime in January, 1837, and his widow, Lurany Clark, died in the month of June, 1849.
Lurany Clark was survived by the following children: Sarah who married John Berry; Nancy who married David Shots; Fanny who married Jacob Herrold or Henold; Catharine who married David Herrold or Henold; Clarissa who married Michael See; Cornelius Clark; Parker Clark; and Rachel Taylor,

"formerly Rachel Clark before her marriage".
The above named Rachel Taylor applied for pension in Lexington District, South Carolina, on August 2, 1855, then aged sixty-seven years, and stated that her father, Gregory Clark, served ten months with the North Carolina troops, in the War of the Revolution.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished.
In 1855, one James I. (J.) Clark was magistrate in Lexington District, South Carolina; no relationship to the family is shown.
James H. Taylor gave his postoffice address in 1856, New Prospect, Winston County, Mississippi, and in 1858, gave it heighton, Alabama, he at that time referred to G. Clark, and Lurany Clark as his grandfather and grandmother.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Leighton W a Feb 6/58. Dear Sir
I have not heard from you in some time.
Concerning Grandfather's Pension I have written several letters to that effect and no ans.
I wish the amt. Amt. of Abaines for Grandfather and Grandmother If it will be worth spending time or money for I will re-examine the matter I am not doing anything at present, but keeping Books for a Grocery Firm in this place for my Bro.
Could I get Employment in your Office and at what wages by the month or for the balance of the year. Please give me an ans. as quick as convenient, in relation to the whole matter.
Yours as ever
M s H. Taylor
(J. Clark Surcaney Clark his wife)
Bro s up by Rachel Taylor their daughter

State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
I George W Brooks Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the state aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record among the payments made by said state to sum- dry persons for Military service in the Revo- lutionary War, as follows to Wit:
G. Clerk Book 24 Page 103 £ 17. 2. 0
Ditto Ditto £ 9. 0. 0
Ditto 26 " 54 £ 18. 0 Army Certificate returned to the Treasury by the Sheriff of Randolph County in Hockabrough Dis.
In Testimony whereof I have herein set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office in Raleigh on the 18th day of July AD 1833-
Geo. W. Brooks Compt.

Jas. H. Taylor
Feb 17

Find Wm Office, Feb: 17 th 1858.
Sir:
In answer to your letter of the 6 th inst: You are informed that, the children of Suraney & Gregory Clark, are not entitled to anything in right of the services of Gregory Clark, no pension was ever allowed said Suraney & Gregory Clark, consequently, their children are not entitled to receive the Methodist pension which they might have been entitled to at their decease.
J. H. Taylor Esq., Seigler. Ala:

Finance Office, June 16, 1836.
Sir,
I have filed the informal due application of Rachael Taylor, one of the children of Gregory and Surancy Clark, claiming, in right of her father, the benefits of the Act of June 7, 1832, and that of the mother the benefits of the Act of July 7, 1838, and you are informed that before we can express an opinion in the case she must make a declaration under the said Act of July 7, 1838, according to the form herewith sent, and set forth and establish any other allegations in accordance with the provisions, provisions as also  and also the date of the marriage of her parents by Rev. Mr. Gray. The senior alleged in the declaration submitted, having been indicated upon the certificate of the Compt. roller of North Carolina, all of us would admit that G. Clark, referred to as Gregory Clark, was

cannot be admitted - but will be considered like the a new declaration, made in ac- cordance with the regulations, & before the office.
James H. Taylor, Esq. New Prospect, Winston Co. Miss.
J. H. Taylor New Prospect Miss.

no Lurancy Clark a widow of Gregory
S. Carolina
Act 7. 11. Taylor Jan 16/56 " " " Feb. 17/1858
1998
July 7. 1838.
Rachel Taylor for Rachel Clark Act 7 July 1838.
Filed by James H. Taylor New Prospect Minton Co Miss

1933. Feb. 16. - lieth to Mrs. John C. Coulter's curf 1939. Apr. 17. - Hith to Mrs. D. H. Sullivan's
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878.
1998
P. O. _____
Suraney Clarke
Service: _____
Gregory
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Filed too late for printed list of 1852
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____
Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. _____
Searched for _____
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February 16, 1933
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Gregory Clark-R.13988 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. John C. Coulter 1516 Richland Street Columbia, South Carolina
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Craps, Jacob Craps, Johnathan Taylor and Grig (Grigg or Gregg) Clark.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of either John or Jacob Craps, similar spellings of that surname searched.
The name Jonathan Taylor appears many times on the Revolutionary War records of this office, and in order to identify the record of the particular Jonathan Taylor in whom you are interested, as much as possible of the following data relative to him are essential--approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
You are furnished herewith the record of the only Gregory Clark or Clarke, that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The first name has been searched under various spellings.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the

papers on file in pension claim, R.1898, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Gregory Clark.
He married in the year 1831, Lurany Parker. He died in January, 1837 and his widow, Lurany, died in June, 1849. Their ages are not stated nor are the names of their parents given.
The following children survived their mother, Lurany Clark: Sarah, who married John Berry; Nancy, who married David Shotts; Fanny, who married Jacob Herrold or Henold; Catharine, who married David Herrold or Henold; Clarissa, who married Michael See; Cornelius Clark; Parker Clark; and Rachel Taylor, "formerly Rachel Clark before her marriage".
Taylor Rachel Clark, aged sixty-seven years in 1855 made application for pension in Lexington District, South Carolina, and alleged that her father, Gregory Clark, served ten months in the War of the Revolution.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished.
One, James I. Clark was magistrate in Lexington District, South Carolina in 1855, no relationship to the family shown. James H. Taylor gave his address in 1856, New Prospect, Mississippi, and in 1858 gave his address as- Leighton, Alabama, and he at that time referred to G. Clark and Lurany Clark as his grandfather and grandmother.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Spartanburg, S.C., 552 Woodland St., Feb. 25th, 1939.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Attention: Executive Assistant
Dear Sir:
Kindly advise if you have on record a Revolutionary War soldier named Gregory Clark , sometimes called "Grigg".
He was a soldier in General Nathaniel Greene's army and after referred to himself as one of the old blue hen's chickens. He was mustered out of service at Hilton's Head on the sea coast in South Carolina. His wife's name was Lurena(?) Parker and they settled after the war in South Carolina on Turkey Creek, a branch of the Congaree in what is now Lexington County, then Orangeburg District. He died at this place when he was about 85 years old in 1935.
Little information is available about the parents of Gregory Clark or just where he and his father settled in America. Our family records show his father's name as Charles Clark and his mother's name as Betty — (?), and that they lived in North Carolina, perhaps Mecklenburg County, before the Revolutionary War.
Please forward any information you have.
Very truly yours
Katherine Clark Sullivan (Mrs. S. H.)

MRS. JOHN CARROLL COULTER STATE REGENT 1516 RICHLAND STREET COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
February 6, 1933.
Director of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Have you records of the following men from South Carolina who probably served in the American Revolution?
1. JOHN (JACOB) CRAPS 2. JOHNATHAN TAYLOR  more 3. CRIG (CRIGG OR CREGG ) CLARK .
This information will be much appreciated.
Sincerely yours Della Richards Coulter (Mrs. John C.)