Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4377, John Guey, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Guey, John or Gui or Guy
R. 4377
CONTENTS

John Guey Ohio
Suspended
See let. 28 Dec: 1839 To on. Isaac Parrish
4377
Act of June 1832

Washington City December the 21 st 1839.
Sir:
Accompanying this, you have the application of John Lee or Lucy, with a copy of the communication to me, by Josiah Ladd Esq in relation to the matter. You will please inform me, when convenient, of your action.
Very Respectfully Your H on S ir . Isaac P. Smith
To Mr Crump Esq Act Com. of Pensions Pension Office War Dept.

Copy
"Also I send you the original application of John Gue or John Guey (The said applicant insists that his name can be found on the Army Roll and he could not tell me how his name was spelled so I spelled it in two ways as you will perceive) he is a very honest poor man and I would be glad you would do all you can for him"

P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
4375 John Guey Am

Power of atty, David Grey, son of John Grey.
Application under act June 7, 1832.
Susp. for want of proof and congruity in narrative.
Susp. files of Ohio.
Messrs Donoho & Magill Washington City
Robert ... L. 6 2000.

State of Ohio Schenck County, ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned the within named David Gray & acknowledged the signing & sealing of the within power of attorney to be his voluntary act & deed.
Witness my signature and the seal of the Probate Court of said County this 31 st day of August A D 1853
David Harris Probate Judge

Know all men by these presents that I David Guy of the County of Belmont and State of Ohio do by these presents constitute and appoint Donoho & Magill of the City of Washington in the D.C. of Columbia as my true and lawful Attorneys for me and in my name as the only surviving heir of John Guy a soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain & now deceased to make all necessary investigation of the claim of said John Guy for a pension due him for services in said war and do perform in the premises whatever may be deemed necessary for a prosecution of said claim; the same hereby ratifying & confirming the acts of my said Attorneys in the premises the same as if I were personally present & did the same - Witness my hand & seal this 31 st day of August 1853 executed in presence of David has  x Guy mark of Miller Pennington David Harris

State of Ohio Harrison County ss.
On this 12 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared, in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas sitting in and for the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, John Guicy a resident of Harrisville in Harrison county in the State of Ohio, aged eighty eight years on the tenth day of October last, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the following benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. This declarant first entered the service in the Spring of the year (thinks) 1777 under Captain William Lewis  John Leach Lieutenant William Shetton, Ensign William Brunt, Major Prison Colonel Brouchfield, General of his Regiment he does not now recollect, but he recollects perfectly well that Gen l Washington was in Dumfries shortly after this declarant volunteered and this declarant's Grandfather came to the said Gen l and begged him to let this declarant off, Gen l said he was in need of men and could not spare this declarant, This declarant first entered the service at Dumfries in the county of Prince William in the State of Virginia, the army staid there one week and on Sunday morning we marched Direct to Hampton staid there about two months. a few days after we left Hampton the British came to it as I heard, From Hampton we marched to New York staid there but a short time till we march down the Bay and back and forth for some time we then went to New York and after we staid there about one month the British came and fired on us for the best part of three days and nights off and on, one day we sunk three British Barges and one night the British came to shore to get water and we took eight Barges and 35 men. after we staid there about two months we marched to the Bay past some distance below Baltimore and there we attacked the British in their vessels they immediately sailed off and we staid there about one month the British frequently sailed in sight of us during the time some times in gun shot of us, From this we went to Hampton while we were at Hampton

about one mile from the Town we had a battle with the British, the British was on the land and we killed it was said five or six hundred, in this engagement my Capt Leach was killed he was shot in the forehead three of my messmates was also killed to wit, James Thomas Forsyth David Smith and Thomas Smith, I was then put under Capt William Farrow, The British in Maryland had got possession of a great many ships & called we were marched after them near Port Tobacco Town on the Potomac we overtook the British just as they were ready to get into their barges we took all the sheep and cattle from them and three of their barges, the British men all made their escape, This declarant states that he was at the battle of Bunker Hill, we were there about three weeks when the British came and landed just before the Town, the British got in the Town and the next day we Banged them out, we staid there a considerable time expecting them to come back but they went down the Bay and landed and erected a fort and done a great deal of mischief in the neighborhood we were marched down there and beat them out of the fort and we followed them a great distance down the Bay. This declarant was also at the battle of Brandywine I was placed in an old cornfield where there had been corn the blood run down the corn rows it was very warm weather and the maggots was in the dead soldiers before we got them buried, I was also at the Battle of Brandywine point, fought there about 2 days off and on, and the battle ended and the British went away, I was lying sick among other sick soldiers at the time of taking of Cornwallis The latter part of this declarant's service he was under Luke Canna
This Declarant volunteered and as soon as one tour was out he volunteered again until he staid in the service for five years and five months during that time he came home but once and staid about two weeks, This declarant cannot now recollect in the order in which he was marched about nor can he recollect the length of times he was at the different places he served, in addition to the above named officers, under Major Yates or Atles, and a Major Prim, In this declarant got a written discharge from the service but has lost it and he knows of no person

whose Testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in the revolution
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid before me. Thomas C. Vincent Clerk
his John X Gury mark
The following are the Answers to the interrogatories propounded by the court to the applicant
 I I was born in Prince William County in the State of Virginia on the tenth day of October in the year 1750  II I have no record of my age -  III I was living in Prince William County aforesaid when I was called into service. From thence I removed to Stafford Virginia two years after the war. Staid there 23 years From then I removed to Harrison County Ohio where I now live  IV I was a volunteer all the time I was in the service  V General Washington, Genl Atts.. Genl Wayne Col Branchfield, Major Brim Capt Morrow Capt Leach  VI I did receive a discharge which is lost Genl Washington gave me the discharge I slept many a night at his Mark-ke he was a particular acquaintance of my father I always understood that Genl Washingtons Father raised my father  VIII John White John Thompson James Patten Saml Moor John Yost Michael Yost The Rev John Mercer. And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 12 th } John X Gury day of August A D 1839 } his Thomas C. Vincent Clerk } mark 

State of Ohio Harrison county
On this 12 th day of August AD 1839, personally appeared before the Judges of the court of common pleas now sitting in and for said county at their August Term AD 1839. John Mercer a clergyman residing in said Harrison county and John Tribley a resident of the said county of Harrison, who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that they are well acquainted with John Quincy or Qui who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration that they believe him to be eighty eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
34.883 John Mercer John Tribley
to and subscribed in open court the day and year last aforesaid before me Thomas C. Vincent Clerk
John Mercer John Tribley
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 certify, that it appears to them, that John Mercer, who had signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman residing in Harrison County, State of Ohio, and that John Tribley, who had also signed the same, is a resident in the County & State aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
The State of Ohio
Harrison County ss.
I Thomas C. Vincent Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Harrison, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Quincy for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at least this sixteenth day of December AD 1839.
Thomas C. Vincent Clerk