Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15157, Uriah Gregory, Conn. New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York
Gregory, Uriah
S 15157
CONTENTS
buried

808911 New York
Wariah Gregory
of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a Serjt. Corp. Priv. in the Company commanded by Captain Meads of the Regt. commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut line for 17 days after going out for 27 days 15 " " Corporal " 3 " 24 " " Private
Conn. N.Y. Records completed Feb. 1832.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 24 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. W. Taylor
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 48.60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 12.15 $ 60.75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. B. Hill Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 4 Page 20

Uriah Gregory
12.525
adm a
Sept 17 th d s Coop l 2 mo. 15 d s Pri. 3 ~ 21. -

Amendment to the declaration of Mirah Gregory for a pension under the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 -
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County of Saratoga, Mirah Gregory, who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively, as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades -
207
In the Autumn of 1775 I served in the Militia as a private in pursuit of Tories at least two days
3 mos
In the Winter & Spring of 1776 I served in the Militia as a private at Horse Neck & New York at least three months
Sep r 15 th 76
In the summer or fall of 1776 I served in the Militia as Orderly Sergeant at Fort Edward at least fifteen days -
12.
In the same year I went out as such Sergeant on a scouting party in pursuit of Tories to Saratoga Lake & the round lake & served at least two days -
Cor p 2.15
In the fall of 1777, I served as a Corporal (even at the close of the battle at Bemis's Heights) for at least two months and fifteen days -
pri 150
In the year 1781 I served at Saratoga as a private in guarding the frontier at least fifteen days, as a private -
pri 40
I was also out about the same time on a scouting party at two different times at least two days each -
And for such service I claim a pension -
Subscribed & sworn the 12 th day
Mirah Gregory
of January 1833 before me
A Woodrich Justice
State of New York
Saratoga County ss - I Alpheus Woodrich Clerk of the

County of Saratoga do certify, that Alpheus Goodrich before whom the within Affidavit pur- ports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Saratoga, and that I am acquainted with his his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand & Seal of Office the twelfth day of January 1833 A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York Saratoga County ss:
On this fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga now sitting Uriah Gregory a resident of the town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
He was born in Norwalk, County of Fairfield State of Connecticut March 21. 1754. He has no record of his age. He is known to Reuben Sears a Clergyman of Ballston in the County of Saratoga and Nathaniel Boott the same place who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He has resided in Ballston aforesaid fifty four years.
the year 1775 In the month of September or thereabouts, it was shortly after Harvest, in the year 1775. he resided in Reading in the said County of Fairfield, in the employment as a hired man of Aaron Barlow, a brother of Joel Barlow deceased, & was called out by the Militia Capt. of the brat in which he resided, whom name he does not remember to go on an expedition to Bridgefield & Salem in pursuit of the Tories he went accordingly, but is unable to state the number of days he was absent, it was but a few days, in this expedition he received a wound in the corner of his eye, which laid him up nearly blind for several days.
In the month of January 1776, having returned to

his father in Norwalk) on the as he thinks first day of that month he enlisted for two months under Capt. Matthew Mead of Norwalk, Lieut. Taylor, Sergeants Thomas Bell, Joshua Adams, Azar Belding, in Col. Waterbury's Regiment, marched to Horse Neck & from thence to the City of New York, to guard the city. At the expiration of the two months, recruits not arriving sufficient to supply the place of those whose time had expired, he was requested to serve one month more , which he did as he believes accordingly with others as volunteers, he thinks all or nearly all the company remained the whole of the third month. As he believes Gen. Lee was in command at New York at that time. The British Ship Asia was lying in the east river near New York. At the end of the said three months service he was dismissed at New York, without any written discharge, & the Capt. Mead aforesaid & company returned in the same stoop with him to Norwalk.
In the month of May 1776 he with his father moved to Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, he was enrolled as an orderly Sergeant in a company of Militia of which Michael Dunning was Captain. Some time, in the summer or fall of after last that year the said company was ordered to Fort Edward to guard the Frontier, when he marched as orderly Sergeant & served.
While at Fort Edward he volunteered with a file of men on an expedition to Palmertown Mountain. While there also Brig. Gen. Ten Broeck of Albany made an address to the officers & soldiers in support of the cause of America. During the same year 1776, he was out two days & nights in pursuit of Tories to Saratoga Lake & the round Lake by order of Capt. Dunning aforesaid. I was engaged in the expedition to Fort Edward two or three weeks as he believes.

In the year 1777 having returned to Norwalk aforesaid Capt. Eliphalet Lockwood was required to send from his company one corporal for two months to the American Army at Stillwater. He the said Micah Gregory engaged to go, went on without delay & arrived at Bemis Heights the day of the first battle there in September 1777. Leaving the firing he passed on from Stillwater to the Heights, met Ensign Hinman returning from the battle wounded, he continued to advance to the battle ground & formed in Capt. Skinner's company in Col. Latimore's Reg- iment, Gen. Poor's Brigade & was in the latter part of the engagement, he was enrolled in Capt. Skinner's company aforesaid as a corporal & continued so to serve, he was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne & marched after the the British Prisoners to Albany & encamped on the Hill west of Albany, from there marched to Red Hook. The two months of his enlistment had expired before he was marched from Albany & he had applied to Capt. Skinner for his discharge, he said the Colonel had applied to the General & he would not discharge him. At Red Hook he applied to to Brigadier General Poor, who refused. He told him his time had been out about two weeks, which in fact he thinks was the case. He asked for how long he  he enlisted. He the said Micah Gregory told him two months. He said he thought it was three months & thereupon discharged him. He  He slung his pack & marched for Connecticut had gone but a short distance when his limbs failed him. He hired a conveyance to Danbury where he was detained by fever & sickness three or four weeks.
In 1778 he returned to Danbury aforesaid where he was frequently called upon to turn

out & went on several expeditions. three days at a time in pursuit of Tories to Schenectady, & Galway, & to the latter one night travelled all night. He never received a discharge to writing -
In 1781 He was called out & marched to Saratoga under Capt. John Thompson to guard the frontier on the occasion of an alarm & was stationed there to the best of his recollection about a fortnight or three weeks. — I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed } the day & year aforesaid } in open Court
Richard Gregory
Thomas Palmer Clerk

We, Reuben Sears, a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga State of New York, and Nathaniel Booth residing in the Town of Ballston in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Uriah Gregory who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed } the day & year aforesaid } in open Court
Reuben Sears Nathl. Booth
Edmund Palmer Clerk
I James Dunning of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga and State of New York Do hereby certify that I was on a tour of duty at Fort Edward in the year 1776 in Capt. Michael Dunning's Company with Uriah Gregory as stated in the above Declaration and was in the Scouting party from there to Parmachenee as stated in the above Declaration, and believe our tarry at that time was a much a two or three weeks. James Dunning subscribed and sworn
The 5 th day of September 1832 in open Court
Edmund Palmer Clerk
I Elisha Andrews of the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga Do hereby certify that Uriah Gregory since residing in the Town of Ballston in said County was known by me to have been in the Revolutionary service at Saratoga in the year 1781 for the term of about three weeks & being in the same service with him subscribed and sworn
The 5 th day of September 1832 in open Court
Edmund Palmer Clerk

I Thomas Palmer the Clerk of the Court within mentioned. Do Certify that James Running & Eliza Andrews the deponents names in the within affidavits are men of respectability and credible witnesses W. M. my hand & seal of office
Thomas Palmer Clerk
Gregory

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Reuben Sears is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York, and that Nathaniel Root who has signed the same is a resident of the Town of Ballston in the said County of Saratoga, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Thomas Palmer, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga now sitting, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wight Gregory for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this day of September, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two.
Thomas Palmer Clerk

3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. Mae D. 2/11/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Uriah Gregory
Service N. Y. and Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Ins. 7. 15, 157 (N.Y. & Conn) No other Ins. of any service " Wid. w Ref. " " "
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. Mae D. 28/3/11
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Uriah Gregory
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No Writ. any service from 14000 " Reg. Staff Notes below Dr. Hoot except S. 15157.

DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION 158 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
If the following Revolutionary Soldiers draw a Pension, will you please send me record of their service - and greatly oblige
Mary A. Toad 11 Violet St. Lynn, Mass
Moses Butte 7 , Berwick, Maine Uriah Gregory Connecticut
March 24-1911

NOV 1 - 1910
Spokane Wash.
Oct. 26, 1910.
Old War & Navy Division, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly send me any information you can about Uriah Gregory who served in the Revolutionary War in N. Y. state and Conn.
Thanking you I am Respectfully,
Mrs. M. B. Grieve, E. 731 Nora Ave, Spokane, Wash.

15 157 INVALID.
1910 Nov. 5. History to {from card Mrs. M. B. Griebel } catalogue 1911 Mch 31. Mrs. Mary A. Todd, C.
File No. 15 157
Meriah Gregory Sergt. 1st Reg. Wis.
Act: June 7th 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Uriah Gregory
adm

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Uriah Gregory which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No alleged service will be taken into the computation which is not distinctly & specifically set forth. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.