Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43636, Thomas Gray, New York

SERVICE
New York
Gray Thomas
NUMBER
S. 43636
CONTENTS

15 11/4 Q New York
A.B. shows Died Mar. 31 - 1821 -
Thomas Gray Hobson in the state of New York who was a Private in the 2nd regiment commanded by Col t Pelton of the New York line, for the term of Six years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 6 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Sep r 1819 and sent to Anthony Blanchard Salem New York
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep. 1819.  127 46    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820.  48 00    15 Mo. 26 4      31 30        $175 70  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Thomas Gray of Hobson, New York who was a Private in the 2nd Regiment of New York commanded by Col t Pelton for the term of six years was inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence the 6th day of May 1818 and a certificate of pension was issued to him the 4th day of September 1819 and sent to Anthony Blanchard Salem New York Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819 127 46 Semi-annual all'ce ending Mar. 1820 48 00 15 Mo. 26 4 31 30 $175 70 Revolutionary claim Act 18th March 1818

Service admitted
Wanted the judges certificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicant.
13 ap l 1819
M c Gray, priv. Washington Co. N.Y.
1777, to 1783.
2 d N.Y. reg t .
6 th May, 1818.
Stansted
Anthony Blanchard, judge Hebron, Wash. County, N.Y.
is his signature and the seal of the said Court this 6th day of June 1818

State of New York } Washington County } On this Sixth day of May in the year one Thousand eight Hundred and Eighteen before me the sub- scribed first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington and State of New York affirms personally ap- pears Thomas Gray aged Sixty four years resident in Helder- in the County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the fol- lowing 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 the said Thomas Gray, enlisted in Helderbergh in Dutchess Coun- ty in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain by Captain Benjamin Pilton of the Second New York Regiment in the month of January or February one thousand seven hundred and seventyseven that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until the final conclusion of the said Revolutionary war, when he was discharged from the ser- -vice at Newburgh in the State of New York in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eightythree when the Army was disbanded; that he was in both battles at Still- -water against General Burgoyne and at the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown - And that he is in reduced cir- -cumstances 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 first aforesaid.
Anthony Blanchard
Thomas Gray Mark
I certify that the above named Learn Thomas Gray is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support Dated 18 th Aug. 1819.
Anthony Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York

State of New York Washington County ss. I Anthony S. Blanchard first judge of the Court of common pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York - do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Gray still serves in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding decla- ration against the common Enemy; and I now trans- mit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress. Dated 6 th May 1818 -
Anthony S. Blanchard -
I, Daniel Shepard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Anthony S. Blanchard Esq. before whom the above certificate was made is one of the Judges of the said Court duly qualified under the authority of the said State and that the above is a true copy thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 10th day of June 1818
Thos Gray Esq. Washington Co. N.Y. 1777 to 1783. 2 d N.Y. reg. 6 th May, 1818.
Seal
Anthony S. Blanchard, Judge Washington County, N.Y.
Daniel Shepard Clerk

Rec: 10 July 1921.
657.
Thomas Gray
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Direct an answer to Isaac Morehouse Hebron Wash? County State of New York!
Com.
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Hebron, N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Washington COUNTY, ss.
ON this Sixth day of December 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county—a Court of Record, which proceed according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and which have the power of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Gray aged sixty five years, resident in Silvion in said county, 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 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820:—That he the said Thomas Gray served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz. six years and three months in the companies commanded by Captain Benjamin Patten & Jonathan Havits in the regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortland in the line of the state of New York in the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, from the year 1776 until the year 1783 when he was discharged from the said service, at New Windsor in the state of New York
And further, that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, the sixth day of May 1818 and received a pension certificate, No. 15.114 dated at the War Office of the United States, the seventh day of September 1819 — and has received his pension, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the said sixth day of May 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820 . —
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 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 18th 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.
Property real or personal I have none except a few old clothes being my necessary wearing apparel — I have no family, have been a farmer by occupation, but am now feeble and unable to labor at all, and am totally incapable of supporting myself without the aid of public or private charity. —
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the day & year above mentioned
his Thomas Gray mark
Shepherd D. Lillie

I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westminster do hereby certify that the foregoing acts and the Schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that in the opinion of the said Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is not anything. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this sixth day of December 1820.
Daniel Shepherd Clerk

August 24, 1938
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Thomas Gray, S. 43636
Mrs. Dalton E. Cox 1394 Pleasant Street Des Moines, Iowa
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 43636, based on the military service of Thomas Gray.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
Thomas Gray enlisted in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York, in January or February, 1777, served as private in Captains Benjamin Felton's and Jonathan Hallett's companies in Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's Second New York Regiment, was in both battles of Stillwater, was at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, at which time he was living in Hebron, Washington County, New York, aged sixty-four years.
Thomas Gray died March 31 , 1821.
The papers in this claim contain no reference to wife and children of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 24, 1938
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Mrs. Dalton E. Cox 1394 Pleasant Street Des Moines, Iowa
BA-J/MCS Thomas Gray, S. 43636
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, John, Stephen and Thomas Gray and John Wordcock or Woodcock.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based on the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of any Stephen Gray and John Wordcock or of a John Woodcock of New York State.
As means of identification of the record of the particular John Gray in whom you are interested, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
You are furnished herewith, the record of the only Thomas Gray of New York State that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

July 18, 1935.
Mrs. F. J. Argersinger 506 South William Street Johnstown, New York.
RA-3/III. John Gray-W. 34306 Thomas Gray-S. 43636
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Gray, aged eighty-four years in 1840 and a resident of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York, Isaac Thompson of Ohio who died in 1833, Thomas Gray of Hebron, granted a U. S. pension, Nathaniel Wood, also, the husband of Margaret Gray, a pensioner in 1840, of Salem, Washington County, New York. You state that you are especially interested in the record of Thomas Gray.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of a John Gray who in 1840 was aged eighty-four years, and a resident of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York. The pension he received may have been paid by the state from which he served, or an error may exist in the name, as the record of John Gray has been found whose age and residence were the same. There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of Nathaniel Wood as described by you. The records of Thomas Gray and John Gray, the husband of Margaret, are furnished you herewith.
The demand for Revolutionary War data is so great that it has not been possible to comply fully with each request which requires such an amount of time and research.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLIER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

July 18, 1935.
Mrs. F. J. Angersinger 506 South William Street Johnstown, New York.
EA-J/ILL Thomas Gray S. 43636
Dear Madam:
The data given herein regarding Thomas Gray are found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 43636, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Gray enlisted in January or February 1777, in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York, served as private in Captains Benjamin Pelton's and Jonathan Hallett's companies, Colonel Philip Von Cortlandt's 2 nd New York regiment, was in both battles of Stillwater, was at the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and continued to serve until June 1783, at which time he was discharged at Newburgh, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1818, at which time he resided in Hebron, Washington County, New York. He was then aged sixty-four years, the date and place of his birth and names of his parents not shown.
The soldier died March 31, 1821. A. B.
There is no reference to wife or children of the soldier in this pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Des Moines, Ia. July 30 1938.
Dept. of the Interior.
Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir: - Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Record of Stephen Gray from Albany Co. N.Y. also John & Thomas Gray. Also one John Woodcock , Albany Co N.Y. Where did they reside at time of enlistment - and residence at time of death. - Pensions - All family data.
Thanking you for this information.
I am Sincerely
Mrs. Dalton F. Cox. [Florence F.] 1394 Pleasant St. Des Moines.

506 S. William St., Johnstown, N.Y., July 8, 1935.
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
May 6, I wrote you concerning pension papers of Margaret Gray, John Gray, and Isaac Thompson, and have received no reply yet.
This week I went to the Surrogate's office at Salem, Washington Co., N.Y., and found that Letters of Administration had been granted to Isaac Morehouse of the town of Hebron, Wash. Co., on the estate etc. of THOMAS GRAY late of Hebron, a pensioner of the United States of the New York Agency . Letters granted Aug., 1825.
You have the pension record of Isaac Morehouse, who married Thankful Gray. (I have it also, so I am not wanting that) I am trying to learn who Thankful's father was. The reason I asked for the pension of Margaret Gray, above was because she is buried in the same cemetery and next to our Morehouses, and I thought it might tell something which would help me. Now I think perhaps Thomas Gray might have been her father. I think he might have been the Thomas Gray who was tax-payer in South East (Isaac Morehouse was born in South East) in 1771. And perhaps in 1790 census of North East, Dutchess Co., with 5-1-7.
Will you please send me a copy of the pension paper of this Thomas Gray, if you have it, before the others. I know you are busy, but will send the others as you can.
Also, as you get time for it. Can you tell me if NATHANIEL WOOD , born 1825  1725 Middleboro, Mass., removed to Woodstock, Vt., 1780, where he died 1823, whose wife, (2d I think) was Mary Winslow. He Commanded a Co. of Militia in Middleboro, Mass., marched on the Lexington Alarm. He continued as Captain until 1778. Can you tell me if he had a pension and if so, please send me a copy? If you have not already looked up the ones of my letter of May 6, will you please do this next to Thomas Gray, and then the others as you can? and thanking you very much,
Sincerely,
Mrs. F. J. Argersinger.

506 S. William St., Johnstown, N.Y., May 6, 1935.
A.D.Hiller, Assistant to the Administrator, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
OK In a Census of Pensioners of the sixth Census; in 1840, in Salem, Washington Co., New York, was MARGARET GRAY , aged 75, living with Margaret Gray. Will you please send me a copy of her pension paper.
In the same census of Kingsbury, Washington Co., New York, there was JOHN GRAY , aged 84, living with William Gray. Will you please send me a copy of his paper also? OK
In Geauga Co., Ohio, Middlefield, ISAAC THOMPSON , died 1843, aged 72. He was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and connected with the body guard of General Washington. He received a pension, the money for which he had to obtain by going to Pittsburgh. Will you please send me a copy of his pension paper also?
Thanking you very much,
Sincerely,
Mrs. F.J. Argersinger. Mrs. F.J. Argersinger.

1935. July 18 - Hist. to Mrs. F. J. Argeringer - JLR 1938 Aug. 24. Hist. to Mrs. Dalton E. Cox. mcd
43636
INVALID.
Rev
File No.
43636
Thomas Gray
Pr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8, Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]