Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,622, Joseph Gray, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Gray, Joseph
S 39622
CONTENTS

15-024
See letter 23 May 1830 to Hon. J. A. Lord H.R.
Pennsylvania
Joseph Gray
of Lycoming County in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Eight Years
Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 6 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Sep 1819 and sent to William Wilson Esq. Williamport Pennsylvania
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 127.79 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820 48.00
15 No. 26 4 51 30
$175.76
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Revolutionary Pension Joseph Gray Pennsylvania

Joseph Gray
Private
75 to 83
Putnam Maples
Asst.
On Roll
Correct
Admitted

State of Pennsylvania,
Lycoming County Y s
On this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, personally appears Joseph Gray aged sixty years, resident in Lycoming County afo d who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" that he the said Joseph Gray enlisted at Bunker's Hill in the state of Massachusetts [by the name of Brevity Gray on account of his being then a minor and having then absconded from his Guardian for the purpose of enlisting.] in the year 1775 in the company commanded by Captain White in the fifth Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putman, for during the war, and that he served the time for which he was enlisted in the same Corps when he was discharged from service in New Windsor on the Hudson River State of New York. That he was in the Battles of, Burgoyne, Kingsbridge, White plains, Trogspoint, Eastchester, Stoney Point and at the Bombarding of Hell Gate, and that he is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Wm m Leisburn
Joseph Gray

Lycoming County Pa.
I William Hepburn one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lycoming in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Gray did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony, taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress,
Wm Hepburn
May 6 th 1818.
Lycoming County Pa.
I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County in the eighth Judicial District of Pennsylvania DO Certify that William Hepburn Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of Taking thereof An Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said District duly appointed and qualified to all whose acts as such full Credit is & ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Williamsport in the County aforesaid the 6 th day of May A Domini 1818.
Thos Hays Proty.

I William Hepburn one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lycoming do certify that I am personally acquainted with the pecuniary circumstances of the within named Joseph Gray and believe him to stand in need of his Country's support - Williamport August 13 th 1818
Wm Hepburn

6 Out of the water not one Roll Joseph Early boy How for the

Jas. Gray.
Borg LC Oct 1817 M

District of Pennsylvania ss.
On this fifth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, held in Williamsport for the County of Lycoming, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of proceedings Joseph Gray aged Sixty two years resident in Lycoming County in said district 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 eighteenth of March 1818, and first gettay 1820. That he served in the Revolutionary War, in the company commanded by Captain White in the Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam in the line of the State of Massachusetts and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18 th March 1818 his certificate being numbered 15,024, and dated September the 6 th A.D. 1819. to commence May 6 th 1818 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818, 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 to diminish it as to being 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 of securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any in common other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Sworn and subscribed for me in open Court the 5 th September 1820 Thos. Hays Proty
Signed
Joseph Gray

Schedule of Property of Joseph Gray taken September 5 th AD 1820
I have besides necessary clothing and bedding    " Two Cows, three Hogs, three chairs $ 35.75   " One Walnut Table, two pine Buckets 2.00   " one set of Cups and Saucers, four knives and forks " .75   " nine plates, one grating hoe, one Ax 2.50   " and one old chest " 50   " one Tub one iron pot and tin Kettle 3.33   $ 44.83 
The followings debts are due to me and recoverable    One debt of three Dollars $ 3.00   Two Debts of two Dollars each 4.00   Two Debts of five Dollars each 10.00   $ 17.00 
I am indebted in the following sums    " One Debt of sixteen Dollars $ 16.00   " Two Debts of six Dollars each 12.00   " one Debt of three Dollars 3.00   $ 31.00 
I am by occupation a labourer but by age and infirmities am not able to pursue that occupation. I have ten Children residing with me viz. Samuel aged 25 years Ann aged 17, Jonathan 14 Joseph 13, Daniel 12, James 11, Mary 10 Deborah 9, William 8 Charlotte one, and my third wife Mary aged 28 years  Sworn to & subscribed on the fifth Day of September AD 1820  in open court
Signature Joseph Gray
Thos. Hays proty

War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18 th March, 1818.
Joseph Gray late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension List, Roll, of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the sixth Day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth Day of September one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Endorsement
Payable Semiannually. The first payment on this certificate will be made on the fourth of March next, in Philadelphia at the U. S. Bank. Recorded N o 15.024.
Lycoming County ss. I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas - do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record - and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount of in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty four dollars & eighty three cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Williamsport the 4 th day of September A D one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thos Hays Proty

Susquehanna County ss.
State of Pennsylvania,
On this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common pleas in and for said County personally appears Brevity Gray aged sixty years resident in Susquehanna County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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, That he the said Brevity Gray enlisted at Bunkers hill under Captain Wiley, in Col. Seargants Regiment of Massachusetts for nine months, (about the time the English left Boston) Served nine months & got my discharge from Capt. Wiley, while under Capt Wiley, I was at the Bombardment of Hell-Gate, and at taking the Hessians at Trenton) Then I enlisted again at the Town of Concord in the Winter after under Captain White in Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment for and during the war which lasted upwards of six years and served out the time in said corps when he was discharged from the service in New Windsor on the Hudson river in the state of New York That he was in the following Memorable Battles (viz,) above Fort Edward at which time we had Two Seargants killed in our Company, we then retreated to Tycondaroga, then March to Saratoga had two Battles in one of them of our Company Lieut Wiley got killed, Both parties held their ground that day 2 d Battle about a week afterwards we beat the enemy and took all the Out forts, Soon afterwards the British surrendered, Commanded by Genl. Burgoyne, Ours was Commanded by General Gates, I was in the Battle of White Plains, & Frogs Point Eastchester Strong Point, and many Other Skirmishes &c of left note and that he is in reduced circumstances in life and stand, in need of the Assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Wm. H. S. ...
Brevity Gray

Lycoming County Pa
William Hepburn one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Lycoming in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Brevity Gray did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the War department pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Wm Hepburn
I William Hepburn one of the Judges of the Court of common in and for the county of Lycoming do Certify that I am personally acquainted with the pecuniary circumstances of the within Named Brevity Gray and believe him to stand in need of his country's support Williamsport Pa. August 19 th 1818
Wm Hepburn

39 622
INVALID.
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File No. 39 622
Joseph Gray New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Pennsylvania
Luzerne County ss:
On this 29 th day of July A.D. 1819, personally appeared before the sub- scribers, President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial district, James Dickinson a credible and disinterested witness, who being duly sworn deposes and says that he was a soldier in the 2 nd Regiment of the New York line upon the continental establishment from the year A.D. 1775 by various enlist- ments until the conclusion of the revolu- tionary war when he was discharged. That in September A.D. 1777 this deponent became acquainted with Bravity Gray whose application is annexed, who was then a soldier in the company of a Capt. White of Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, and that to the personal knowledge of this deponent the said Bravity served in the said Corps as a soldier for the term of about four years - and further this deponent saith not. Sworn subscribed the day & year first above written before me
David Scott
Y. C. M. J. H. K.

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County So:
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certify that David Scott Esquire whose name is subscribed to the within deposition is now and was at the time of taking and subscribing the same President Judge of the 11th Judicial District of Pennsylvania that the within is his own proper signature and that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts and Deeds
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Wilkes Barre this 29th day of July A D 1879
A. Beaumont Pro

State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County ss
On the 13 th of August 1819 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County personally appeared John Ryan a credible and disinterested witness who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That about six years ago he was in company with Joseph or Brivity Gray and their subject or conversation was the Revolutionary war, that said Gray related to him at that time a circumstance to which he was likewise an eye witness at the Battle of Whiteplain, the British horse made an attack upon the American lines and were repulsed on their retreat, A cannon was fired from the American Battery on the plains, which killed the horse upon which one of the British dragoons, was mounted, this took place in October 1778 and likewise from what he has stated to me as having taken place during the scene of action at the taking of Burgoyne particularly the taking and retaking of two field pieces three times this was in Oct r . or November 1777. from the above statement together with others a knowledge of which could not have been derived from history, I have no doubt of said Gray's having served or been present at scenes which took place for twelve months or more during the war of the Revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
John Ryan
Sam l Harris

Pennsylvania Lycoming County, ss. I Thomas Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lycoming.
Do certify that the within named Samuel Harris Esq. before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken, and who subscribed the same, is and was at the time of taking thereof, one of the Associate Judges in and for said County duly appointed and commissioned, and to whom official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Williamsport the fourteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & nineteen.
Thos. Hays Prody