Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46360, Matthew Gregory, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gregory, Matthew
S. 46360
{ B.L. 819-200-Lieut. Issued Dec. 5. 1799 No papers.
CONTENTS

Cert No. 557
Reference
Rev
096.9/7
Name: Matthew Gregory Rank: Lieut Comp'y: _____ Reg't: 3 rd C av Line
} Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. } _____ Comm'y 2d Issue. } _____ Comm'y 3d Issue. } _____ Comm'y
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. } _____ Sent to 2d Issue. } _____ Sent to 3d Issue. } _____ Sent to
Act 1828.
Allowed.
Act 14th July, 1882 Bk. G., Vol. _____ Page _____ Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. } _____

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46.360

Sir,
The enclosed commissions and papers are I hope of sufficient vouchers to entitle me to receive the gratuity that the Congress at their last session resolved to give to the officers and soldiers of the revolution - I should be glad to have my commissions sent back to me at Albany very respectfully your obedient and very
Humble Servt Matthew Gregory

559 559 Commission in favor of Matthew Gregory, as Ensign in the 8 th Reg t Conn t lines dated 5 th Septem r 1780. —
Commission in favor of the same, as Lieut t dated 10 th Febr y 1783. —

537.
559.
M. C. Original Pay - 537 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. allowed Act 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 2, 1828
Matthew Gregory , of Albany ————— in the County of ————— in the State of New York ————— has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Third regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing ————— dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of —————
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
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no record SWS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Aug. 5 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to St Matthew Gregory in the Connecticut line, amounting to Sixteen hundred dollars.
It further appears that Matthew Gregory  not is now on the pension list of the  any ————— agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826  at the rate of  per month
John Hagner
correct

Albany 28 th August 1828
Sir,
I am sorry that you have been obliged to send my papers back to me through the neglect of the clerk Commission to affix the seal of the county to it - I now have got it done and send the papers again to you very respectfully your Most Obedient and very humble Servant
W Gregory

Sir,
I Matthew Gregory of the City and County of Albany and State of New York, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war at which period I was a Lieutenant in the 3 d Regiment in the Connecticut Line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate commonly called commutation certificate for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by a Resolves of Congress of the 23 d March 1783 instead of half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780.
Matthew Gregory
State of New York Before me
W m Van Antwerp a Commissioner to take Oaths residing in the City of Albany State of New York
Albany County Before me, William Van Antwerp a Commissioner of the State of New York, residing in the City of Albany, and as such duly authorized to administer oaths; personally appeared this thirteenth day of June 1828, Caleb

Benjamin H. Jacob Lansing of the said City & County who did severally make oath that Mathew Gregory by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution in the manner & capacity as therein stated
Witness my hand, the 1 st day of Decr above written and sworn to in my presence - W. Van Antwerp Commr. as above named
Abt Benjamin
Jacob Lansing
I Laurence Van Klief Clerk of the County Courts and Clerk of the City & County of Albany & State of New York do hereby certify that William W. Van Antwerp before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Com- =missioner to take Affidavits acknowledgements of debts & accounts duly empowered to administer Oaths - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County this Thirteenth day of June in the Year - 1828.
L. Van Klief Clerk