Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2245, James Gray, Conn. Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Gray James
S. 2245
Continental
New York
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Date of death not on AB
Edwin Dyer 10 th Aug 1853
6072 Pennsylvania
James Gray
of _____ in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hoan _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Patterson _____ in the Cont l Continental line for 2 years Private _____ $80.00 and New York Col. Bradley " Mead (Militia)
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Feb 1833 and sent to Hon. Mr. Ford Home Rep s
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $120.00 Penzant. allowance ending 11 Mar 1833 40.00 $160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, Book 9 Vol. 6 Page 59

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh of June 1832 State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
On this 25 th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania for the County of Tioga James Gray a resident of Sulli- van in the said County of Tioga and State of Pennsyl- vania aforesaid aged Seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth; on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June seventh, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States on the first day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six with Lieut. Jehiel Jackson then a recruiting offi- cer in the Town of Sharon Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut, and joined the Company command- ed by Captain Sloan, (whose given name this declarant does not certainly recollect, but thinks it was Samuel) in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson, called the Boston forces. Major Shelburn commanded the Bat- talion to which Capt. Sloan's Company was attached. That after his enlistment, which was before he was six- teen years old, he marched on to, and joined his Com- pany and the main army under Gen. Washington at Cambridge near Boston, where he remained encamp- ed until the seventeenth of March following when he marched with the army into Boston, on the evacuation of that place by the British. Soon after taking possession there of Boston he was marched through Connecticut to New London and there went on board of a vessel and sailed to New York in the same Company & Regiment. To the best of his recollection he remained at New York

about three weeks, during which time he performed no particular service except that one dark night he was ordered out on a detachment to Ganeous island where he assisted during the night to throw up a breast work, which had the effect next morn- ing to cause the old British guard ship Asta, to weigh, and withdraw herself off towards Sandy hook. From New York he went with his Compa- ny & Regiment on board shipping to Albany. From Albany he marched, under the same officers first named, by way of Ticonderoga to Montreal in Canada. Soon after he arrived at that place, the Army under the command of Gen. Benedict Arnold arrived there on their retreat from Quebec. While at Montreal a detachment from his Regiment under command of Major Schuyler was ordered up the river St Lawrence to a place called the Cedars, to where an American fort there; at that time com- manded by Major Butterfield; where he (Schuyler) and his detach- ment were made prisoners; The fort having surrenda- red to the British before his arrival there, This de- clarant thinks he should have been of that detachment, but that he had the small pox at the time of the expedition. From Montreal This declarant retired with the army to Ticonderoga where he remained until sometime in the fall, during a portion of which time he worked at the fortifications on Mount Independence, and making a floating bridge across the lake from the former to the latter place. He was at the latter place when the declaration of Independence by Congress, was proclaimed, and the men were allowed each a half gill of hard spirits to rejoice upon for the news. From Ticonderoga he marched with his Com- pany to Newtown in Pennsylvania and whilst there, joined the forces that crossed the Delaware

in the night under the command of Gen Washington and made the attack upon the British at Trenton on or about Christmas of that year, and he was one of the guard who had the charge of the Hessians that were taken prisoners on that occasion, and assisted in conducting them to Newtown. Immediately after this he recrossed the river and marched to Princeton N. Jersey and was there engaged in a skirmish with the British in which three or four hundred of the British soldiers, as near as he can recollect, were taken prisoners - and on the first day of January 1777 he was discharged & returned home. He thinks that his discharge was not in writing.
This declarant farther states, that very early in as near as he can recollect, the Spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight, or the year after Gen Burgoyne was Cap- tured at Saratoga, he joined a brigade at Reading in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, com- manded by Brigadier Gen. Huntington, in the regiment of Col. Bradly, in the company commanded by Captain Solomon Strong.
He at this time engaged in the service as a substitute in the place of, and hired by Seth Landrus, who had about two years before enlisted in the service for three years. The employment of this declarant on this occasion being for the last year of the said enlistment - During this year He went to and lay some time at Nelsons point on Hudsons river nearly opposite West Point, and late in the fall or in the forepart of Winter he moved to Morristown in New Jersey for Winter quarters, and at the end of the year for which he was engaged, he received a written discharge at Elizabethtown Point or Connecticut farms (so called) in N. Jersey, and at which of those places he does not recollect. His discharge was signed by Col. Bradly above mentioned. Which discharge became worn out or lost This declarant not having seen it for fifty years or more He had no place for preserving it, and carried it in his pocket until it became nearly worn out, as he well recollects. But so far finally he came of it he has none no recollection - Of the events of this year, in which this declarant was con- cerned, he and during which he served as substitute for said Seth Landrus, he has no distinct recollection by reason of his age and other circumstances, and various other periods

of service, during the war. He however well remembers that sometime during the year, the command of his company was transferred from Capt. Solomon Strong to one his brother Capt. David Strong, which latter was in command of his company when he was discharged. He was out in service, three different times, of periods of two months each, in in the Connecticut Militia. Once he was drafted and two periods he was hired as substitutes by classes formed, whose duty it was made, to employ a man. And once he was engaged for nine months in the New York levies and he cannot distinguish in his memory the various events that occurred during these various periods or terms of service, including the year he was substitute for Lunders as above stated: - When he served the two months  terms as a drafted Militiaman he was stationed all or most of the time at Horse neck in Connecticut all or most of that time . He was in service in New Jersey, back of and opposite fort Lee, at the time Major Andre was taken prisoner; and lay upon his arms for some days in expectation of the British forces coming up from New York, and he was present at the guard around the Gallows and witnessed the execution of the unfortunate Major Andre. He understood the object of garrisoning Nelsons Point, was to prevent the enemy from passing up or down the river, and whilst there he assisted in erecting a redoubt on the hill half or three quarters of a mile back of the Point. During one of the terms of his service, but which one he cannot now recollect, Stoney Point was taken by the American forces under command of Gen. Wayne and for that expedition there were a number of Volunteers from the regiment of this declarant. Amongst them was his Lieutenant, Russell, who borrowed the gun and accoutrements of this declarant, for the expedition. - The Winter in which he quartered at Morristown at the close of the year he was substitute for Lunders as above stated, was that which has ever since been known by the appellation of the hard Winter. - At two of the terms of two months each that this declarant served in the Connecticut Militia he is sure, and he thinks all three of the terms, his regiment was commanded by Colonel Mead of Conn. At one of those terms his company was commanded by Capt. Mather; and one other term his company was under command of Lieut. Goff. The other term he was engaged in scouting and frequently skirmishing with the refugees, under command of Sergeant Munnay, and did not in this term, join any Regiment or full Company.

The term that Capt. Marinus Commanded the Compy. Steel Camp was encamped. This declarant thinks there was no Lieutenant in the company this term. -
In the forepart of March to the best of his recollection, but the year he cannot remember, this declarant went from Connecticut and entered a volunteer in what was then called the New York levies for the term of nine months. He joined the levies at Fishkill N. York in the company Commanded by his brother Capt. Silas Gray and the regiment under the command of Col. Thomas Mypenfeldt. In the course of this term as near as he can recollect he was quartered for sometime and marched twice to Fort Stanwix. But of the events of this campaign his memory is confused from the considerations before mentioned, not being able to distinguish them from those of the other periods aforementioned. Of one thing he is certain. That he was discharged from the service of this term at Fort Stanwix in the month of December, and that on the march to that place the last time, and but a short period before his discharge, he with the other soldiers forded on foot the Mohawk river near the present site of Utica, when it was so cold that the ice ran in the river very considerably. This declarant further states that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. James Gray I sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Jonah Brewster Clk. C. C.
The circuit Court of Pennsylvania for the County of Tioga do hereby certify and declare their opinions that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and be as he states
Not friendly associate in law of the Supreme Court of Penn a holding a circuit court in and for the County of Tioga at Williamsport July 25 th 1832
I Jonah Brewster Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania for the County of Tioga, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Circuit

Court in the matter of the application of James Gray for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1832
Isaac Brewster Clerk Circuit Court
Niagara County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County James Gray 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, I served the whole of the year nineteen hundred and seventy six in Col. Pattersons Regiment. -
I served as a private, I served one year in Col. Bradly's Regiment as a private, and as substitute for six hundred. I served nine months in the York Levies, Col. Wysonpheldt's Regiment as a sergeant - I served six months in the Canut Millitia, making three years and three months service in the Revolutionary War, and for such service I claim a Pension
Sworn to and subscribed before me this seventeenth day of November A.D. 1832. I hereby certify from long acquaintance with deponent I believe him to be a Credible Person
John Gray Justice of the Peace

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PO 80 Pa C t Sen Covington Oct 12 th 1852
Dear Sir having recently perused one of your hand bills relating to the Claims of Soldiers upon Government for land and money I being a son of a Soldier of the revolution I wish to enquire into the nature of the matter having never known anything of any such Claim until now James Gray, of the County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania was a private in the army of the revolution and received a pension under the law of the fourth  seventh of June  March 1832 until his Death March first 1846 aged 86 years I have in my possession his pension Certificate given at the war office and recorded in book D Vol 6 th page 89 you probably have his name on the Roll now to the point there is four of his Children here in the vicinity what I want is to know if we can do anything in the absence of some of the heirs we do not wish to cheat them but stand ready to pay them their share if any there be I wish you to state to me whether living evidence in the mouth of two or three uninterested witnesses with regard to his will and intentions about his property at the time of his Death and for years before would be of any avail please write me the particulars he lived and died in my house and is buried upon my land - one thing more the evidence above mentioned is to the effect that he had paid his Children except one who he pitched upon to take care of him in old age he gave his Sons all farms and paid his Daughters in money and told them plainly it was all they must ever expect that that the remnant of his effects pension and all was to the one that made him a home to the last I am in possession of living evidence to that effect plenty used his pension as fast as it came and can show it to be his will and intention that all wherein he was interested to be mine that he was perfectly satisfied with his way of living.
V. B there was at the time of his Death the last payment from the fourth of Sep r to the first of March Due that has never been received please give me some information if any there be for me and oblige yours truly Victor. M. Gray

No 2133
Pennsylvania
Suspended
Oct 29. 1832.
to Jno Gray. Leavington. Penn a
Obj. 5. 10. 14. 16
18 Feby 1833 Page 11
Obj. 16
Hon J. Ford H.R.
P 251
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BRIEF in the case of James Gray of Sullivan County of Tioga in the State of Pennsylvania (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July 1 In 1776 1 Private Gen. Herkimer Washington Arnold. Hun- tington Col d Patterson   1778 1 Substitute Braddock and Major Butterfield  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton & Princeton, joined Arnold on his retreat from Quebec  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sharon. Litchfield County, Connecticut.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Correct, except his papers not connected, as promised.  I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M c Lean Examining Clerk.

December 4, 1935
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BA-J/REK James Gray-S.2245 James Gray-S.39626
Orlando Gray Palmer Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired 805 Chestnut Street Leavenworth, Kansas
My dear Colonel Palmer:
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension, S.2245, based upon the military service in that war of James Gray.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Gray are not shown.
James Gray enlisted at Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, January 1, 1776, served in Captain Samuel Sloan's Company, Colonel Paterson's Regiment which was "called the Boston forces" marched to Cambridge, where he remained until the evacuation of Boston, after which he went to New York, thence to Montreal in Canada and joined the forces under General Benedict Arnold, was in the retreat from Canada, marched to Ticonderoga, where he remained until fall, working on the fortifications, then marched to Newtown, Pennsylvania, was in the battle of Trenton, and was one of the guard for the Hessians captured at that battle; was in the battle of Princeton, after which he was discharged having served about one year: early in the spring of 1778, he enlisted at Reading, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and served one year in Captains Solomon Strong's and David Strong's Companies, Colonel Bradley's Connecticut Regiment: he was out, also, on three different tours in the Connecticut Troops under Captain Martiner, Lieutenant Goff and Sergeant Murray and Colonel Mead. During these tours he was at Horse Neck and in New Jersey opposite Fort Lee. He was present at the execution of Major Andre and was a member of the guard on that occasion. Early in March, year not shown, he enlisted at Fishkill, New York, in the company commanded by his brother, Silas Gray, Colonel Weissenfels' New York Regiment. During this tour, he marched to Fort Stanwix twice and was discharged at that fort after serving nine months.
Found Capt Solomon Strong in Col Bradley's Regt but not Capt David Strong as in this serv.
This was 15th Cont. Infantry & a Mass Reg. but as he did not say Mass could not use it but quoted what he said about the Boston forces. Could not identify any of these officers.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 25,
Has a pension here under Act 1818 as Capt: also bounty land ch.
He said thro Weissenfels but as there was no Col. Thos. Weissenfels I omitted Christian name

1832, while residing in Sullivan, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
James Gray died March 1, 1846, in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in which county and state he had lived for thirty-five years and before that time in Otsego County, New York.
In 1852, four children of the soldier were residing in the vicinity of Covington, Pennsylvania; they were referred to as sons and daughters but their names and the name of soldier's wife are not shown.
In 1853, Victor M. Gray, of Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, stated that he was an adopted son of the soldier, James Gray, who died at his home. In 1832, one John Gray was a Justice of the Peace for Tioga County, Pennsylvania; no relationship to the soldier was shown.
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James Gray S.39626
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Gray are not shown.
James Gray enlisted in Wilmington, Delaware, early in 1776, served in Captain Joseph Stidham's Company, Colonel John Haslet's Delaware Regiment, known as "The Delaware Blues", was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains, after which he went to Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was taken sick with camp fever, was removed to his brother's (name of brother not stated) in Philadelphia, where he lay ill for nine weeks and was discharged March 26, 1777, on account of ill health.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818. The application was executed in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, the soldier was residing in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and then gave his age as sixty-five years and stated that his family residing with him consisted of his wife, aged sixty-five years and a daughter, but gave no names. No names of any other children are shown.

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, James Gray(S.39626), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
James Gray, Certificate No.6271, issued February 2, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 21, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 4, 1935
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Orlando Gray Palmer Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army, Retired 605 Chestnut Street Leavenworth, Kansas
My dear Colonel Palmer:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Gray who received a pension while residing in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in 1832, which record, you state, was furnished Mr. H.C.Gray, of Chicago, Illinois, prior to September 19, 1896, which is the record in which you are interested and not the one which was furnished you as requested in your letter of July 26, 1902, and furnished July 31 following.
In your letter of July 26, 1902, you requested the Revolutionary War record of James Gray, of Massachusetts, Revolutionary War soldier and a pensioner. The records show that there were two soldiers of Massachusetts with the name James Gray and that both records, James Gray, S.23668 and James Gray, S.42761, were furnished you July 31, 1902. The records do not show that Mr. H.C.Gray was furnished the record of the Tioga County, Pennsylvania pensioner, James Gray, but that February 2, 1895, that record which is numbered S.2245, was furnished S.H.Hazleton, address, Lansing, Iowa, and that the record furnished Mr. H.C.Gray, of Chicago, was that of still another James Gray, S.39626, pensioner of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
As now requested by you, you are furnished the record herewith of the Tioga County, Pennsylvania pensioner, which you state was furnished Mr. H.C.Gray, and you are furnished, also, the record of James Gray, the Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania pensioner which the office records show was furnished Mr. Gray October 2, 1896, and is numbered S.39626.
You state that the data furnished Mr. Gray were incomplete. Only such data-military, genealogical, etc., as are found in the claims for pension are furnished, as such claims are the source

of the data incorporated in official reports from this office.
A very careful examination of the papers in the two claims, S.2245 and S. 29626, has been made in the preparation of the reports herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 1 1776 1 year 1777 Pvt John M c Lean Patterson Conn.   Apr 1 1778 1 year " Solomon Strong Bradley "   9 mos Sgt David Strong Thomas M c Guilts N.Y. Lewis   1 mos Ebenezer Gray Heath Conn. militia   2 mos Maliner "   1 mos Lucas Goff Wood "   1 mos under Sgt Murray Heath "   * Soldier's brother met at expiration of term. Died  
Battles engaged in, Trumbull's River  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Interlaken, New York  Date of application for pension, July 1892  Residence at date of application, Albany, New York  Age at date of application, Died Mar. 1846 in Conn. Inf. Line Co. Penn.  Remarks: Daughter referred to, no name stated other than Victor M. adopted son.

605 CHESTNUT STREET, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, Oct. 23, 1935.
The Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
In re: Military History of James Gray, Revolutionary War Veteran.
Dear Sir:--
Under date of July 31, 1902, the Commissioner of Pensions, in reply to a letter from me requesting information concerning my great-grandfather, James Gray, answered as follows:
Department of the Interior, O. W. and N. Division, J. R. W. Bureau of Pensions, No. 23,668 Inv.; 42,761 Inv., Washington, D. C., Rev. War. July 31, 1902.
Sir:--
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of James Gray, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau:
Dates of Enlistment: July 7, 1780; April 1782. Length of service: 6 months; To June 30, 1784. Rank: Private; Private. Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain; Bailey; Hanley; Colonel: Not stated: Henry Jackson. State: Mass.; Mass. Battles engaged in: None. Residence of soldier at enlistment: Chesterfield, Mass.; Pelham, Mass. Date of application for pension: Nov. 2, 1818; Aug. 13, 1833. Residence at date of application; Wayne County, Ohio; Canajoharie, N.Y. Age at date of application: 53 years. Born at New Boston, N. H., in 1763. Remarks: Both claims were allowed. He stood guard over Major Andre while in confinement and witnessed his execution.
Very respectfully,
( Signed )
E. F. Ware, Commissioner.
Lt. Orlando G. Palmer,
7th U. S. Cavalry.
I have just learned that a letter was written prior to September 19, 1896 ( exact date unknown to me) by the Commissioner of Pensions to H. C. Gray, commission merchant, Chicago, Illinois, a grandson of the James Gray above mentioned. Said letter gave the following information concerning James Gray:
"James Gray enlisted at Sharon, Conn., in January 1776, and served 12 months as a private in Capt. Sloan's Co., Col. Patterson's Berkshire County, Mass., Regiment. In the spring of 1778 he again entered the service in Capt. Solomon's and David Strong's Companies, Col. Bradley's Conn. Regiment. He next served three different terms of two months each in the Connecticut troops under Capt. Mariner, Lieut Goff, Sergt. Meeny of Col. Mead's Regiment. Afterwards nine months as a private in the 4th New York, under Capt. Silas Gray (his brother), Col. Weisenfelt's Regt. Was engaged in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Applied for a pension July 25, 1832. Was then 72 years old, and lived at Sullivan, Tioga Co., Pa. Was granted a pension of $80.00 a year,

beginning Mar. 4, 1831."
You will note that the James Gray mentioned by his grandson, H. C. Gray and the James Gray I enquired about in 1902 are one and the same person. It is equally apparent that the information furnished in the two letters of the Commissioner appertains to two different soldiers, and not to a single individual of the name of James Gray.
The data given in the Commissioner's letter of July 31, 1902, conflicts with known facts of our family history of James Gray, while the data furnished H. C. Gray, of Chicago, does not. The H. C. Gray data as above set forth seems to be incomplete. What is the number of James Gray's pension application? According to our family history, James Gray was born Aug. 3, 1759, at Sharon, Conn. (Sharon Land Records, vol. 4, p. 250); married Parthenia White at Sharon, Conn., Mch. 26, 1786. James Gray died at Sullivan, Tioga Co., Pa., _____, 1847.
Please furnish me the complete record of the James Gray mentioned in the Commissioner's letter to H. C. Gray, of Chicago.
Truly yours,
Orlando Gray Palmer, Lt. Col., U. S. Army, Retired.

RECORD NOV 12 1920 DIVISION
Nov 12 Garrison JLM

H. DAVISON COMPANY (AN IOWA CORPORATION)
A. H. DAVISON, 1272 East 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir:—
DES MOINES, IOWA, Nov. 8, 1920,
Will you kindly advise me what the proofs show as to the family of James Gray, Pa. proofs in his application 8.2245- home cont. & NY made for pension made in Linn Co. Pa., 1832, and who died about March 1, 1846.
Respectfully
A. H. Davison

Mansfield Pa 9-26.08 Pension Office Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send record of James Gray a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted in Connecticut, & died in Sullivan Tioga Co Pennsylvania. I think his pension dated from March 1831. & oblige
Mrs Alice Gray Rose Mansfield
Tioga Co Anna.

Mansfield Penna Oct 9, 09. Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me the record you have of James Gray who married Parthenia White. He was a soldier of the Revolution. was born in Sharon Conn. and died in Sullivan Tioga Co. Pa. I think he was granted a pension in 1831.
Yours Respectfully
Alice Gray Rose Mansfield Pa.
Tioga Co.
answ Oct 9 th 1908

Feb 2 "Heist to Hazleton Esq. Lansing Iowa - 1908 Oct 9 Hist. to Alice Evan Rose V.P.M. 1916 Oct 20 Hist. to Marguerite Sutherland. Letter in S.H. 22 675 Noah Wilson 1920 Dec 10 Hist. to R. H. Davison 1935 Dec 6 - Heist to Col. Orland Gray Palmer. El
Rev War
2245
1895 D.D.
INVALID.
File No. 2245
James Gray Print Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payments to be made at Philadelphia Penn a by the Pa t Bank U.S. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Recorded by Viral Steele Clerk, in Book D Vol. 6 page 59

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, James Gray of the State _____ of Pennsylvania _____ who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution _____
is entitled to receive Eighty _____ dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Isaac P. Lewis Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. A. Edwards
Salmon P. Chase, Col. Sam l Strong Com, Col. Bradley

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Hon. J. Ford HR

James Gray BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 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? Yes 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 ?
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
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. See Decree 16-
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Edwin Dyer,
Aug 10/53

Pension Office.
10 th August 1853.
Sir,
The application of the administrator of James Gray dec. d of P o has been received.
The adopted son of James has no claim. And the administrator, as such has no right to receive any arrears - as James left no widow or children.
Edwin Dyer Esqr. Covington. pa

J. P. Waldo Comt. of Pensions
Cornington May 28. 1853
Sir You will please find herewith the Papers in the Case of James Gray dec d . a Revolutionary Pensioner, which if all are correct, inform me when & how the Annuity can be obtained - perhaps I should have directed this to the 3 d Auditor's Office - You will also please state to me whether William M c Gray his adopted son, is not entitled to receive a Warrant for bounty Lands - if so please enclose me Copy of the forms required -
Very Respectfully Yours Edwin Dyer
Addres E. Dyer Cornington Frank County Penn a
P. S. if the Papers are correct, and it is proper, the Power of Atty might be filled up, and a certificate of deposit in any Bank of Washington sent to me - Yours E. Dyer

State of Pennsylvania } ss
Tioga County } Be it known, That before me Edwin Dyer one of the Associate Judges in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by Law to Administer Oaths, personally appeared Victor M. Gray and made oath in due form of Law, that he is the adopted Son & only heir at Law of James Gray the Identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a Certificate of pension was issued, which is herewith surrounded.
That the deceased pensioner resided in Covington, Tioga County in the State of Pennsylvania for the space of thirty five years before his death; That previous thereto he resided in Otsego County, State of New York.
Sworn and subscribed this twenty sixth day of May 1853 before me Victor M. Gray
Edwin Dyer Ass. Judge
Know all men by these presents That I Victor M. Gray of Covington in the County of Tioga, State of Pennsylvania, adopted Son and only heir at Law of James Gray who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint
my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania the balance of said pension from the 1st day of September 1845 to the first day of March 1846 being the day of his death Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of May 1853
Sealed and delivered in presence of } Edwin Dyer
Victor M. Gray

State of Pennsylvania } /
Tioga County } /
Be it known, that on the twenty sixth day of May 1853 before me Edwin Dyer one of the Associate Judges in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Victor M. Gray within named, and acknowledged the within and foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above mentioned.
Edwin Dyer Ass. Judge
State of Pennsylvania } / County of Tioga } /
I Jos. H. Donaldson Clerk of the Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions, & Orphan Court held at Williamsport, in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that James Gray was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per year; was a resident of the County of Tioga in the State of Pennsylvania, and died in township of Lewisburg, County of Tioga, in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1846 on the first day of March, that he left and adopted child, whose name is Victor M. Gray.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Williamsport this 26 th day of May 1853
J. H. Donaldson Prothon.

Sioga County, p.
I John H. Donaldson prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the County and State above mentioned, do certify that Hon. Edwin Dyer, is an associate Judge of said court, in and for said County, duly authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments, in writing and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. — For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 26th day of May 1833
J. H. Donaldson, Prothon.

Tioga County ss
Personally appeared before John Gray Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County at his Office in Covington on the twenty ninth day of June A.D 1832, William Ludington of Sullivan Township in said County, and under solemn Oath doth depose and say, that at the time this Deponent Enlisted for nine Months in what was call'd the York Levies, he became acquainted with James Gray at the Barracks at Fishkill where we all Muster'd. said Gray then belonged Colonel Wyronphelps Regiment, In the same Regiment with deponent - that he has since been acquainted with said Gray during the last twenty three years and knows him to be the same Person who served as aforesaid and that his Character for honesty and sobriety is good, and further saith not
William Ludington
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 29th June
A.D 1832, John Gray Justice of the Peace
The subscriber before whom the above affidavit of William Ludington was sworn to, and subscribed to. Hereby certify that I have been acquainted with said Ludington more than twenty years last past, and that his Character for truth and veracity I never heard doubted and that he is a Credible Person
John Gray Justice of the Peace
Tioga County ss
In testimony that John Gray Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace & that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such & that I am well acquainted with, & do verily believe the signature to the foregoing "John Gray" to be in the proper hand writing of the said magistrate I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Wilkes-Barre the 29th day of
November A.D 1832 Jonah Brewster Clerk

2133
James Gray
d. Flora

I am personally acquainted with Capt. James Gray & know him to be a man of respectability & that I have not the least doubt but the paper pays. Through the court James Norvell.

I am personally acquainted with Capt. James Gray & know him to be a man of respectability & that I have not the least doubt but the papers passed through the court James Norvell