Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41589, Thomas Gregory, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Gregory Thomas
D. 41589
CONTENTS

Dead Letter to J. M c Rae & Purnell Agent 3 Dec r 1844 Letter to Mrs. M c Rae 9. Dec r 1844
19.977 North Carolina
Thomas Gregory
of Sampson Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sharp of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Armstrong in the N. Carolina line, for the term of nine months, from November, 1778 to ————— 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of September 1828.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of September 1828 and sent to H. L. Holmes Esq. Clinton, N. Carolina
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1828, $ 1.06 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1829 48. —
$ 49.08
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

20.703
Thos. Gregory
Revolutionary Claim
rec d 10 Feb 1828
H. L. Holmes Esq. Clinton N. Carolina

State of North Carolina
County of Sampson
On this 21 st Day of August A.D 1828 Personally appeared in Open Court being a court of Record (viz) being a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in & for said County of Sampson Thomas Gregory a resident in said County aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and first of May 1820 that he the said Thomas Gregory enlisted for the term of nine months on the _____ Day of _____ in the Year 1780 in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain A Sharp in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Armstrong in the line of the State of North Carolina on the P
Continental Establishment That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the year 1781 when he was discharged from the service in Fayetteville in the State of North Carolina that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present. That he has never made application for a pension until now because though poor he has been healthy and able to support himself without being a burthen to his Government and Dependent upon its charity But being now very old and feeling the infirmities and feebleness of age fast closing upon him he is compelled to seek the aid offered in the acts of Congress

aforesaid - And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th Day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an Act of captioned "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in Revolutionary Wars" passed on the 18 th Day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or Debts due to me. Nor have I any in some other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Said Thomas Gregory further States as aforesaid that he is at present a farmer living upon leased land that he is obliged to pursue this course of life instead of his trade as a Carpenter which his advanced Age and consequent infirmity have compelled him to abandon that owing to the aforesaid causes it is with extreme difficulty that he has been heretofore able to procure subsistence for himself and wife (which constitute the whole of family) his wife being of the Age of fifty six and unable to contribute except in a slight degree to her own and said Thomas maintenance. That she has been for a great while a woman of delicate health and constitution - said Gregory further swears that no change has taken place in his property except what was necessary for his immediate maintenance & that of his family since 18 th

March 1818. Schedule of property
  One Mare and colt valued at  " " " " $65.00    One Cow and calf  " " " " 12.50    One Sow and Pigs  " " " " 5.00    Five Year old Hogs  " " " " 7.50    Sundry articles of household stuff valued at  10.00    Growing crop of corn etc  50.00  
Thomas Gregory
North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Sampson County August Term 1828.
Shown to and subscribed
Witness my hand and the seal of the court
Thos. S. Fairchild
I Thomas Patterson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Sampson do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of an Original Declaration filed in the office of the court aforesaid at August Term 1828. That the service of Thomas Gregory as a Soldier in the army of the Revolution was Lawfully proved to the satisfaction of said Court and the property in the above schedule valued by the court as therein set forth. Witness my hand and the seal of the court This 1 st day of September A.D 1828.
Thos. S. Fairchild

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Gregory a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 41.589
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov 10, 1778 9 mos Pvt. A. Sharp. James Armstrong Pa. H. B.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, N.C. Date of application for pension, Aug. 21, 1828. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Simpson Ga. N.C. Age at date of application, 79 years. Remarks: Wife's name not stated, 56 years in 1828.
Respectfully,
25 70 97 Commissioner.

Pension Office Dec 3 rd 1844.
Sir,
I have this day instructed the pension Agent at Fayetteville, N. Carolina, to pay the amount due Thomas Green and de re whose vouchers are herewith returned. " "
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your obed Serv. J. L. Edwards
John M c Rae Esq. Fayetteville N. Carolina.

Life 56 years in 1828.
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Mrs. Thos. P. Johnson, 2701 11 th St. N.W.
Nov. 16. (Personal request)

SECOND DISTRICT Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
Sylvester Ga Mar 10, 1922
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
I am writing to obtain information concerning Revolutionary War activities of certain of my ancestors, and will appreciate your prompt and courteous attention and reply. I would like to ascertain if the following men were Pensioners, and if so if possible I should like to know under whose command they fought.
Edmund Mathis and son James Mathis from Duplin Co. North Carolina (Afterwards Sampson) Thomas Gregory from the same county, I think. Also was there anyone by the name of Bratt from Nottoway Co. Virginia?
Lemuel Chesnutt from North Carolina, Duplin Co. I think. (That part of Duplin which was in 1784 made Sampson) Tobias Newkirk (I do not know his place of residence)
I will be exceedingly grateful to you for any information you may be able to give me.
Awaiting your prompt reply
I am yours truly
(Mrs R.G.) Lillian Britt Heinsohn.

41589
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41589
Thomas Burgess
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 204
1828. C. 77. 1870. [Arrangement of 1870.] 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881.
1914 Nov 17: History To Mrs. Thomas P. Johnson,
Mark
1922, Apr. 11, Ligt to Mrs. R. A. Heinsohn - Ev.

Stacyallville 6 Dec 44
Dr Sir
I herewith return the power of atty & bankruptcy of the heirs of Thomas Gregory for your re-examination. Your Agents here with his character to say that and as vigilance highly considered as an public officer declining paying its end a belief that the bankruptcy are not proper bankruptcy. My objection is that one of the parties - Miss Carr is not stated to be unmarried and that if she is an married woman her husband should have joined in signing the certificate.
Perhaps I ought to have stated this before but it was fair to presume that you would not overlook any material defect and it might have been thought

superfluous if ever presumptuous to have made any such suggestions.
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
John Charles Rouse
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State of North Carolina, Secretary of States Office.
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental line of this State in the Revolutionary war, that Thomas Gregory a private Soldier in Capt. Sharp's Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted the 10th day of November 1778, for nine months, that nothing more is said of him on said rolls. Given under my hand at Office in Raleigh this 15th Sept. 1828
W. Hill

Houghton 30 Nov 1844
1 L Edward Esq
Dr Sir
I beg leave to trouble you with the Power of Attorney Certificate and Branches of the Heirs of Thomas Gregory for your adjudication.
Very respectfully
John Lee Raper