Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44179, Joel Gray, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Gray, Joel
S. 44179
CONTENTS

11. 206
New York Jacob Gray
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shrout of the Mass a ine, for the term of 2 Years 1781
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of January 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of June 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Canandaigua, Ontario Co.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 13 15
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19 48
1 31 31 B
6 15 15
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
New York B

Application of Paul Gray
Jan'y 16 th 1819
Paul Gray private Colonel Hovey's Regt May 1781 to Decr 1783
The Honorable Surgeon of War
Adm l D r

State of New York Ontario County ss On this Sixteenth day of January 1819 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Commonwealth Pisanally affirmed Joel Gray aged fifty six years Resident in the Town of Acra in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in Order to Obtain the Pension made by the late Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval and Land Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War That the said Joel Gray enlisted in the month of May 1781 in the Town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts for the term of three years in the Continental Establish- ment and was at that time Mustered under Major Banister then Muster Master at that place and that he was soon sent on to West Point in the State of New York and was there mustered and served as a private in Captain Lewels Company in the Second Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Spauld and that he was afterwards transferred in to Captain Robert Bradfords Company of Infantry in the same Regiment and that he continued to serve in said Corps until the month of December 1783 when he received an honorable discharge from Service at West Point aforesaid and that he is in

reduced circumstances and in need of the assistance of his Country for Support and that having lost his discharge he has no other evidence now in his Power of his said Services except what is herewith Transmitted
Joel Gray
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Stephen Phelps a Judge
State of New York Ontario County ss
State of New York Ontario County ss Clerks Office We testify that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his signature & hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said County at Canan this 19 th day of Aug 1819
Thos M c Nan clk

Ontario County ss
Personally appeared before me Peter Mitchell one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Robert Robinson and being by me dully sworn deposes and says that Joel Guy was a Soldier in Col. Elmerer's Spies Regiment, one year, in the years 1782 & 1783, the said Regiment was the second Mapachinets regiment.
Also Samuel Rush before me being duly sworn deposes and says that Joel Guy was a Soldier in Col. Elmerer's Spies regiment from May 1781 to December 1783. the said regiment was the second Mapachinets Regiment
Farmington 15 th Jan. 1819
Robert Robinson
Samuel Rush
Ontario County ss
I certify that the above named Robert Robinson and Samuel Rush personally appeared before this 15 th day of January 1819 and made oath to the above deposition & subscribed the same
Farmington
Peter Mitchell Justice of the Peace

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office
As to the testimony that Peter Mitchell whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature
I herunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 22 nd day of January 1819 —
Thos M c Naughton
Ontario County ss
I hereby certify that I have for a number of years been personally acquainted with Robert Robinson & Samuel Root the aforesaid Deponents and know them to be credible witnesses and that they have both solemnly affirmed for Revolutionary Services and it will appear by their Declarations & Proof that they were in the Revolutionary Service at the time they state that the aforesaid Love Gray was in said Service
Stephen Phelps A Judge of Ontario County Court Jan y 16 th 1819

The Honorable Secretary of the Department of War if my claims are allowed need please to forward a certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is author- ized to receive the same for me
Jany 16 th 1818
Joel Gray
State of New York } Ontario County } ss I Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joel Gray did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months or more on the Continental Establishment and that the said Joel Gray is in reduced circumstan- ces and in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had had before to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Canandaigua January 16 th 1819
Stephen Phelps a Judge etc.

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this 19 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Joel Gray aged fifty seven years, resident of the town of Avon in said county, who being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he Enlisted in May 1781 for the term of three years and served as a private in Capt. Dwyer's Company in Colonel Ebenezer Dyer's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line until February 1782 and that he was then transferred into Capt. Robert Bradford's Company of Infantry in the same regiment where he continued to serve until January 1783 when he was discharged from service by having a substitute
and that he made application for a Pension on the 14 th day of January 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 11.206 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," 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 income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  One yoke of Oxen $40. or Two Cows $27.00 67 50   Three Hogs $6. or Two Cows $0.50 One set $0.75 17 25   One small cattle $11. or One cow $10.50 11 50   Two Cows & Calf $20.12 Five Cows & Calf $30.25 37   One Old Clock $0.75 Two Barrels $1.00 17 75   Three old Chairs $0.75 One old Table $0.75 1 50   One Chest $0.75 One old Broom $0.75 1 50   One small potter Stuffed 38   881 25 
And I do further swear & declare that I am by occupation a Farmer and that I am in the Receipt of a Complaint against my estate to the amount of very little manual labour and have not been for two years past, and that my family consists of my daughter Polly aged 13 years, my daughter Maria aged 12 years, my daughter Abelia aged 8 years, and my son Amos aged 6 years
Sworn to and declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in Open Court before me  Joel Gray  Wm Rogers a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fossen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Eighty One dollars and Twenty five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 19th day of August 189 6 .
J Van Fossen
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

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John Gray 3
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1819
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44179
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44179
Joel Gray P. Rev War
Act: 18 m March 18 m
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]