Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32768, Thomas Gray, Mass.

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Gray Thomas
S. 32768
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32768 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,768
Thomas Gray
Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 493
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10,872
Massachusetts.
Thomas Gray
of Andover in the state of Mass who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Glover of the Mass line, for the term of one year.
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of October 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1819 and sent to Sam l Putnam Esq Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. Amt. 10/11. 34.58 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep 1819. 48.00
$82.58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Thomas Gray Andover Mass 10,872

Thomas Gray 10.872
May 1812 Purcell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Gray resident in Andover in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. none now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Thomas Gray late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  ***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen  J. L. Edwards  J. L. Edwards in the absence and on the behalf of the  J. C. CALHOUN , Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real estate - Twenty five acres of land consisting of 11 acres of mowing & tillage 11 do of pasturing & 3 acres of wild land $557.00
Personal estate -
  Two cows 20.00 one swine 7.00 1 chest & 2 tables 3.00 30.00   Crockery ware 1.00 Tin do 1.00 Earthen do 2.00 7.00   Iron ware 2.00 old brass kettle 2.00 7 old chairs 2.00 6.00   And irons, shovel & tongs 1.75 looking glass 75 c 2.50   Three tubs 85 c wheelbarrow 2.00 2.85   Farming utensils tools 5.25   $610.60 
His real estate is under a mortgage for three hundred and ninety seven dollars to the South Parish in said Andover, and he owes two hundred dollars to one Jacob Stevens of said town, and he owes more than one hundred dollars other debts -
He is sixty two years of age, a laborer, but inform

and can perform but little labor - His family are his wife, aged 62 years - she is a feeble woman and unable to maintain herself -
He served from the latter part of March 1776 to the 1st of January 1777 in Capt. Lees Company, Col. Glovers Regiment Massachusetts line - He was in the battle at Trenton, and he left the service by the time of his enlistment expiring -
Thomas Gray
Essex ss. July 13. 1820 Then the above named Thomas Gray made oath that the said schedule and statement by him subscribed are true, before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Thomas Gray 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 whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Thomas Gray
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Thomas Gray took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further 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
thirteen dollars sixty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Thomas Gray Private Col Stevens Regiment Massachusetts Line 1775 - 18 months
[Faded signature]
Admitted

Proof.
I William A. Lee Esq r collector of the customs for the Port of Salem and Beverly in Mass ts on oath testify:
That in 1776 I was Major of Col. Glover's Continental Regiment in the Massachusetts Line: Thomas Gray of Andover, was a Soldier that year in that Regiment, I think in Capt. Lee's Company: I have no doubt he served as he has stated, and that he was honorably discharged at the end of the year 1776.
Wm A Lee
I Nathaniel Long of Andover in Massachusetts aged 59 on oath testify: that early in 1776 I enlisted as a private in Capt. Lee's Company in Col. Glover's Regiment and served till Jan y 1777 when the Regiment was disbanded near Philadelphia: I know Thomas Gray served as a private in the same Company from the early part of 1776 to the end of the year. I have always been acquainted with him. He is poor and unfortunate.
Nathaniel Long
Subsc s : Oct. 21. 1818 Then the said Col. Wm A. Lee and Nath l Long, two credible and disinterested Witnesses subscribed made oath to the above before me.
Brig d Merrill Dist. Pac s

Declaration of Tho s Gray
Thomas Gray, of Andover in Massachusetts, yeoman on oath declares:—
That in March 1776 he enlisted as a private in Capt. Joseph See's Company in Col. John Glover's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line and continued to serve from that time till Jan y 1777 when that Regiment was disbanded and he was honorably discharged near Philadelphia. The Regiment marched from Beverly its winter quarters, to New York and the Jerseys.
That he is now 60 years of age and from his reduced circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his country for support — Thomas Gray.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Yrs s : On the twenty sixth day of October A. D. 1818 the abovenamed Thomas Gray subscribed and made oath to the above Declaration before me S Putnam a Judge of the Sup. Jud. Court of Mass ts .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforementioned Deponents, Col. William R. Lee and
Nathaniel Song
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 26 th day of October Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass t }
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Benjamin Merrill Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Atto:
Ichabod Tucker
Clerk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Gray, Thomas GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7153 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 2, 1790 to Joseph Arthur, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.