Etching of John Gray

JOHN GRAY, The Last Surviving Veteran of the American Revolution


Born 6 January 1764, near Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia. Died 29 March 1868, near Hiramsburg, Noble County, Ohio at 104 years, 2 months, 23 days. "The last of Washington's companions. The hoary head is crown of glory." Buried McElroy Family Cemetery, Brookfield Township, Noble County, Ohio.
From Dalzell, James McCormick, Private Dalzell: His Autobiography, Poems and Comic War Papers; Sketch of John Gray, Washington's Last Soldier, Etc., Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1888.
(Part III: John Gray, of Mount Vernon, the last soldier of the Revolution, pp. 189-243.)
Copy obtained at Stanford University Libraries, SAL 818.3.D153.a

Page 190: Dedication

DEDICATION
To the Old Dominion, the birthplace of John Gray, and to Ohio where his sacred ashes rest, and to the American people, whom he loved and for whom he fought, this memorial of the last soldier of the revolution is respectfully dedicated by JAMES M. DALZELL, the author, Caldwell, Ohio, May 1, 1888.

Pages 191-194: A Poem

Pages 194-198: Chapter I--Introduction

Pages 198-201: Chapter II--How I Became Interested in John Gray

Pages 201-204: Chapter III--Early History as Gleaned From Himself

Pages 204-216: Chapter IV--John Gray Secures a Pension

The Last Four Pensioners of the American Revolutionary War

Page 215: Photograph of John Gray's Cabin, circa 1888.

Pages 216-227: Chapter V--My Last Visit to John Gray

Pages 227-242: Chapter VI--Closing Scenes and Remarks

Copy of John Gray's Will

Page 243: Photograph of John Gray's Headstone.

Other references:

Soule, Mary Yeates, John Gray of Mount Vernon: the last soldier of the Revolution, born near Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1936.

Available at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C. Location: BIOGRAPHY GRAY SOU.
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Transcribed by Jennifer Godwin.