REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION ABSTRACT OF APPLICATION - JOHN GRITTON, SR.

Contributed by: A Mercer County Volunteer


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Name: GRITTON, JOHN SR.
Pension #: S13203
State: PA
Age: 76
Ap. Date: 3 Dec 1832
GRITTON, JOHN, SR.: I was born in the town of Winchester Va. in 1755 my parents 
moved to Westmoreland Co., Pa, when I was about 15 year of age I lived on the 
Youghany River when I was first called into service in the month of May 1775..In 
April of 1780 I sailed down the Ohio (to Kentucky) in the month of July 1780 , 
served in Capt. McGary's Company at McGary's Station, now in Mercer Co., 
Ky...then in the Fall of 1782, under Capt. James Ray served as an Indian Spy at 
McMurtry's Station in Mercer Co.

Affiant 1: Gen. James Ray
Gen. James Ray: He is well aquainted with James Gritton from the spring of 1780 
when he came to Kentucky have known him ever since.

Affiant 2: James Hutton
James Hutton: Have known him since he first came to Ky in the spring of 1780.