Military History of William Gray  (c. 1750 - 7/18/1804)

Original Member

  Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jan 1776   Captain   Northumberland Militia        
 
  15 Mar 1776   First Lieutenant   Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment         Weitzel's Company
 
  27 Aug 1776   First Lieutenant   Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment   Long Island     Weitzel's Company; POW
 
  8 Dec 1776   First Lieutenant   Provisional State Battalion         Weitzel's Company; Exchanged
 
  3 Jan 1777   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Princeton     Promoted
 
  Mar - Nov 1777   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Campaign, 1777    
 
  12-13 Apr 1777   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Bound Brook    
 
  11 Sep 1777   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Brandywine    
 
  19 Sep 1777   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Paoli    
 
  4 Oct 1777   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Germantown    
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment    
 
  28 Jun 1778   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Monmouth    
 
  17 Oct 1778   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Schoharie, NY Indian Defense    
 
  Jul - Oct 1779   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Sullivan's-Clinton Indian Campaign    
 
  29 Aug 1779   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Newtown, NY / Sullivan (II)    
 
  Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779    
 
  Apr - Oct 1780   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Summer Campaign    
 
  25 Sep 1780   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   West Point Reinforcement    
 
  Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780    
 
  17 Jan 1781   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment         Retired
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  17 November 1789   1795   Deputy Surveyor General, Northumberland County, PA  
 
  30 December 1791   1804   Justice of the Peace, Northumberland County, PA  
 

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