Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,447, Elliot Gray, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gray Elliot
S. 30.447
CONTENTS

27493. Massachusetts
Eliot Gray
of Pelham in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp - commanded by Captain Montague of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chaplin in the Mass line for
6 Months Pri
Inscribed on the Roll of - Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June 1831 - and sent to
Hono Geo. Grinnell H of Rep
Amount to the 1 st of March 1831 $ 60
Post-mortem allowance ending 11 th Sep. " 10
$ 70
{ Revolutionary Claim. } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor, Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 30
Letter to B. Andros Jan 29 April 1830. Paid at the Treasury under the act of 6th April, 1835, from 2 nd of September, 1836, to the 4 th of March 1839 - Agent notified 30 May 1840 -
1839 1840 Note of record 1836

Elliot Gray Pension Declaration
fees $1.00

31276 Elliot Gray of Pelham Mass.
Adm 6 Month Ini Col Montague Col. Chapin
Adm. Geo. Sylvester
Hono. Geo. Grinnell House Rep
adm.

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this eighth day of April 1834 personally appeared in open court, before Hon. William Cook County Judge of the court of Probate for the County of Hampshire now sitting, 1 March 1834 in said County, Eliot Gray a resident of Pelham in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 79 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted into the Massachusetts Militia Pelham company, early in the month of September 1776. for three months to go to Scituate - went immediately to Northampton (since Pittsfield ) in this State, where I with five others who went from Pelham with Mr. in , James Peabody & others, all of whom are now dead, joined the company under command of Capt. Bonney of Cheshire  then  to Scituate near Whitehall - thence by water to Scituate , where we joined the Regt. commanded by Col. Brown , Genl. Gates . While here we were engaged in fortifying the place - Col. Whitcomb was there, and I recollect one morning facing Col. Whitcomb to Col. Brown , as our positions were short. & there was much complaint amongst the soldiers in consequence of it. that unless he gave us more beef or bacon  we would starve - I was engaged in the Battle of Saratoga  which was at Scituate orattle , here I served out my three months, & then returned to Pelham . In August or September 1779. I again enlisted at Pelham into the Militia, went immediately to Northampton , thence to Great Barrington in this State, where I joined the company under command of Capt. Montague of Granby . It then marched to Gloucester , where we halted two or three weeks. thence to Alliance , where we joined the Regt. under command of Col. Chaplin of Hatfield . There was a Continental Regt. at Alliance , at the time I do not recollect who commanded it. Nor do I recollect the names of any other officers. to those which I have stated - we were placed here, as I was told, to prevent the British from coming down the River. I still have all my three months again. I then returned to Pelham . I do not know that I was in any other service, who was with me in the service, is with you also. I was born in said Pelham in the 12th Sept. 1755. My birth was recorded - the town book, but the book is now mutilated or destroyed. I have always lived in said Pelham , excepting three years, when I lived in Northampton . I never had any written discharge. There is no letter Chapman in the town of Pelham .
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Massachusetts . Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Eliot Gray
We, Cyrus Bangs residing in the town of Pelham and Whipple Cook residing in Pelham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Eliot Gray who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 79 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Cyrus Bangs Whipple Cook
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Cyrus Bangs who has signed the preceding certificate, is a magistrate resident in Pelham and that Whipple Cook who has also signed the same, is a resident in Pelham and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and also that there is no separated  member in said Pelham .
I, Samuel S. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eliot Gray for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Samuel S. Lyman Register

Elliot Gray
Jonathan Gray's Depo:
April 8. 1834-

I Jonathan Gray of Sheffield in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, testify & say, that Elliott Gray of Pelham in the County of Hampshire, is my brother - and that I recollect that in the year 1776, in August or September I think, he, the said Elliott, was with us at Northampton & enlisted into the Militia for three months - I recollect that he left here, immediately afterwards for the Southward, and was absent as much as three months or more, and then returned home to my father in said Pelham - I recollect the last time distinctly from me in circumstance which occurred in our work at home. At the time my brother, the said Elliott was gone; we had begun to make a coal pit, & I was taken lame in one of my arms, which so disabled me that my father was obliged to do all the work about it, which was very hard, & we talked about it much, at the time. When my brother, said Elliott returned, he told us that he had been at Lexington - and I have no doubt that he went there & served out his whole term of three months, or as far as said. The names of the officers I do not recollect.
Herbert April 8. 1834 -
Jonathan Gray
State of Mass. ss.
Hampshire Co. ss. April 8 1834. Then personally appeared Jonathan Gray, subscriber to the foregoing deposition, & made known to me that the truth of the same - Also well known to me to be a credible witness.
Before me Edward Dickinson justice of the Peace.

December 15, 1937
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BA-J/ERL Elliot Gray-S.30447
Mrs. Frank J. Argersinger 506 S. William Street Johnstown, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Harris, of Allegany County, New York, pensioned in 1821 and Elliott Gray, private in the Massachusetts troops, pensioned in 1834.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of Elliot Gray is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.30447, based upon his military service in that war.
Elliot Gray was born September 17, 1755, in Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Pelham, Elliot Gray enlisted early in September, 1776, served as a private in Captain Benjamin Bonney's Company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment, marched to Ticonderoga and assisted in fortifying that place, length of service, three months; he returned to Pelham and again enlisted in August or September, 1779, served as a private in Captain Moses Montague's Company, Colonel Israel Chapin's Massachusetts Regiment, marched to Albany, New York and served three months.
This sol in Maso & V.L VOL. VI, page 769
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1834, while residing in Pelham, Massachusetts, where, he stated, he had always lived except for three years spent in Ashfield, Massachusetts.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

In 1834, Jonathan Gray, brother of the soldier, Elliot Gray, was aged seventy-one years and resided in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Elliot Gray(S.30447), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Elliot Gray Certificate No.27493 Issued June 25, 1834 Rate, $20.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Sur. File No. 30,447. Elliot Gray. Private Massachusetts troops.
Born September 17, 1755 at Pelham, Massachusetts.
Resided at Pelham, Massachusetts in 1834. Date of death not shown.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elliot Gray a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1776 3 mos Pvt. Beng. Powney Samuel Prower Mass.   Oct 1779 3 " Mark Montague Israel Chapin        
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pelham, Hampshire Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr. 8, 1834. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Pelham, Mass. Age at date of application, at Pelham, Mass. Sept. 17, 1755.
Remarks:
He is not stated whether he was ever married.
The date & place of his death are not on record.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

506 S. William St., Johnstown, N.Y., November 12, 1937.
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
From United States War Records: Alleghany Co., N.Y.; WILLIAM HARRIS , private, was placed on the pension roll, June 30, 1821; and the pension commenced May 19, 1818, when he was aged 74. He died May 16, 1833.
Also: ELLIOTT GRAY , private, Massachusetts, June 25, 1834; March 4, 1831, aged 79.
Will you please send me copies of the above two Revolutionary War Pensions?
THANK YOU !
Sincerely,
Mrs. Frank J. Orgersinger.

Red. Sec. 201
May Fourteenth, Nineteen Nineteen.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington.DC.
Gentlemen:-
Having filed a paper on the service of Eliot Gray, born Pelham, Mass. Sept.17th,1751 and serving in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Elijah Dwight's Co., dying in Tazewell Co.,Ill., am asked for a copy of his service as appears on the Pension Certificate to hand to the D.A.R. Society at Washington.
Will you be so kind as to furnish me with same at earliest possible moment?
Thanking you,
Very truly,
(Miss) Ellen F. Clark, Room 1333, Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Illinois.
No such pensioner on the Agency Stock and Pension Co in 1835 List of pensioners.

30 447 Rev INVALID.
1912 Jan. 23. Tombstone date to Mrs. Clara K. Wolf, letter in S. File 32196 mm Crow. 1919 June 3. History to Ellen J. Clarke. aw. 1937 Dec 15. Hist to Mrs. Frank Argessinger - EL
File No. 30, 447
Elliot Gray Li Rev Rev
Act: June 3 1919
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 30 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Oliver Gray , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1836, to the 1 st March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Parsons
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Map
Due G. Grinnell H.R.
James L. Edmonds Esq Com a of pension Washington

Sir,
I enclose for examination papers in the case of Elliot Gray. appt for pension should be glad of an early answer
Respectfully Sir
Yr. obed Servt
Thos Greenall
Thos J. L. Lawandy Esq
June 23 d 1834

Elliott Gray.
Secy of State's
Certificate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 16 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of "Eliot" Gray, as a private, is borne on a Milage Abstract of Capt. Benj d Bonney's Company, in Col. Sam l Brewer's Regt. who marched to reinforce the Northern Army the year past. Dated at Chesterfield, March 13 th AD 1777. where he is allowed for 120 Miles travel £0-18-0 Elliott Gray's name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Moses Montague's Company, commanded by Col. Israel Chapen, where he is allowed from October 14 th to Novem r 21 st 1779, for services and travel one month and fifteen days. — — — 1-15 Elliott Gray claims for services under Capt. Bonney, in Col. Brewer's Regt. in 1776, and for further services under Capt. Montague, in Col. Chapen's Regt. in 1779; but the rolls which he describes (other than the above mentioned) are not found in this Office. Edward D. Damp Ly

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Edward Dickinson Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Seventeenth day of June A. D. 183 4
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.