Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt 812-450, Ebenezer Gray, Conn.

Conn.
Gray, Ebenezer
B.L.W. 812-450 - St. Col no date of issue no papers.

MT. PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL
434 MT. PLEASANT AVENUE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Joseph H. Stannard, Principal
John H. Gillick, Vice-Principal
Oct. 18, 1938.
Veterans' Administration Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am seeking information concerning the U.S. pension of Lt. Col. Ebenezer Irray , an officer in the Revolutionary War, who died June 18, 1795. About 1850-1853 Col. Irray's daughter, Charlotte Irray Lynch, and grand-daughter, Anne C. Lynch, petitioned Congress for the payment of certain monies due them because of Col. Irray's war service. Can you give me any information concerning this matter?

I shall appreciate any help which you can give me.
Yours truly,
(Miss) M. B. Fenton

November 8, 1938
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Miss M. B. Fenton Mount Pleasant High School 434 Mount Pleasant Avenue Providence, Rhode Island
EBENEZER GRAY B.L. Wt. 812-450 BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to a petition which was made to Congress about 1850-1853, by Charlotte Gray Lynch and Anne C. Lynch, daughter and granddaughter, of Colonel Ebenezer Gray, an officer in the Revolutionary War, for certain monies believed to have been due them for his service in that war.
The petition to which you refer was presented to Congress, therefore, pertains to Congressional records and not to any activities within the province of this office.
It is suggested that you apply to The Librarian, Congressional Library, this city, who may be able to furnish you some information from the journals of the various sessions of Congress during the period cited by you.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show, only, that bounty land warrant No. 812, for four hundred fifty acres of land was issued for service of Ebenezer Gray as Lieutenant Colonel of the Connecticut Line, War of the Revolution. There are no papers on file which were submitted by the applicant for this bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
If you desire information in regard to location of this land, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, and cite the number of the warrant and the acreage.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator