Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1755, Sebe Granger, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Granger, Sebe
or
Seba
Molly

NUMBER

W. 1755
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Les. E McCansen m d & Bates
Dec. 9th 1848

_
2363
New York
Sebe Granger
of Otsego Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by Colonel Putnam in the Mass
line, for the term of one year
from [blank] 17 to [blank] 17
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York (Albany Agency
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 30 day of April 1818
and
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of September
1818 and sent to I. L. Campbell [illegible]
Otsego NY
Continued in the Roll on 26 day of
February 1832 and notification sent to
Hon H Gangel
at the House of Reps
Pension commencing on the Sixth
of February 1832
Amount due on 4th of
March 1832
$7.60
Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
May 1, 1820.}
[illegible] Book to
[illegible], 91
BLB
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538
New York, Albany
Moolly Granger
widow of Sebw. Granger
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Deduct former payments under
act 2nd Feby, 1848
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th [striken out] 7th  day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of Aperil 1850
and sent to 
Hon H. MaCclen
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 440 Vol. 1
July 29th
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To the Hon John C. Calhoun
Secretary of the War Department
of the United States

The Petition & declaration of Seba Granger of the Town of Cherry Valley in the county of Otsego & State of New York a resident citizen of the United States Aged fifty five years & {appeared?} on oath and declaring that in the month of May 1778 he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Bensons company in Colonel Rufus Putnams Regiment of the {Connecticut overwritten with Massachusetts} line for the term of nine months and that he served in said Regiment for the said term & received an honourable Discharge


{N. B. Author uses “+” sign for “and”, transcriber has replaced “+” with “&”}
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and the said Sebe on oath further declares that in the month of May 1781 as the said Sebe thinks he again enlisted for three years as a private in Captain  Stones Company in Colonel Rufus Putnams Regiment of the {Connecticut struck through and replaced with Massachusetts} line of Continental Troops which was then called the fifth {Connecticut struck through and replaced with Massachusetts} Regiment   That he continued to serve in said Regiment until he was transferred into Colonel {Voses ?} Regiment of the {Connecticut struck through and replaced with Massachusetts} which was called the first {Connecticut struck through and replaced with Massachusetts} Regiment  That he continued to serve in said Regiment until the close of the {inserted “sometime after”} war & received an honourable
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discharge signed by General Knox which discharge is now lost. And the said Sebe on oath further declares that he does not know that he can produce any other proof than his oath & the oath of Benjamin {Gillat?} of the time he served as aforesaid. And he further says that he has never received any pension from Government, that he is now in reduced circumstances & is absolutely in need of assistance from the country for support & that he has been informed that by an act of Congress it is in the power of the Secretary of the War Department to place him on the
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Pensions list and he therefore prays that he may be placed there accordingly, and he further says that he has lost the use of one hand & is unable to do much labour.

Sebe Granger

Sworn & Subscribed April
the 3d day 1818 Before me
James S. Campbell one
of the Judges of the Court 
of common pleas in & for
the County of Otsego in the 
State of New York-
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Sebe Granger.
Act 1 May 1820
N. York.
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State of New York
Otsego County ss

On this 18th day of June 1829
personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Otsego, being a court of Record for the County of aforesaid.  Sebe Granger resident in said County aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820.  That he then said Luke Granger enlisted from the time of nine months in May or June 1778 in Capt. [Captain] Joshua Burtons Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. [Colonel] Rufus Putnam in the time of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment.  That he continued to serve in the said corps for about one month when he was transferred to Capt. [Captain] Wadsworths Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. [Colonel] Bradford in the time of the State of Massachusetts where he served out his time
& was regularly discharged- That he afterwards was listed for the sum of three years in the month of May or June 1781 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. [Captain] Stone in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam in the line of the State of Massachusetts, and then continental establishment; that he continued to serve
in said Corps until January or February 1784
when he was discharged from the service at West Point in the State of New York. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present. That his name has been placed on the pension list that the number of his pension certificate is 2363 - and is dated September 17th 1818 and that
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he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he has been enabled until about a year since with the very [illegible] [illegible] he had in his papers & by the most preserving industry & commissary & with the assistance of his friends to Support himself & wife--and that for the last [illegible] years he has been almost constantly under the
care of Physicians & has expended all the property had at that time possessed except what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed-
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 1818 & 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 being myself wither the provisions of an act of Congress entitled. "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed on the 18th day of March 1818.  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
by me subscribed-
Schedule of Real & personal Estate
I have no real estate in law or Equity either in
possession, reversion or remainder-
I have 3 beds & bedding 6 [illegible] chairs- 1 dish Kittle- 1 Pot- 1 [illegible]- 1 frying pan- 1 six quart Kittle- 1 square cherry Table- 12 tea cups & saucers, 1 Tea pot-
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1 sugar bow 12 pewter tablespoons 6 pewter teaspoons- 1 Set Knives & forks 2 Chests. Shovel & Tongs 1  set hand [illegible]- 2 pails. 6 dining earthenware plates
6 small plates- 2 dishes- 1 Small tin waiter- 1
Bread Tray- 1 Tea cannister 2 Suits of wearing apparel and {illegible] coat for myself & 2 [illegible] suits of clothes for my wife. That my family consists of myself & wife. That my wife is sixty three years of age & is very infirm & is not able to do but very little work.
I have no debts due me or none to exclude
a dollar from anyone person-
I owe Oliver Judd Esquire of Cherry Valley -- $14-
Dr Dr Delos White of Do Do -- $31.-
Dr Dr Joseph White of Do Do -- $40 or $50-

That since the 18th of March 1818. The following
changes have been made in my property- on the 18th
March 1818 I owned one hundred acres of land
Situate in the 2nd Belvedere tract in Cherry Valley
being lot No 8 in lot No 2, on which one hundred
acres of land there was a mortgage given to David
Goodell for $250:  with the interest payable annually
said Mortgage was dated the 2d day of
May 1814 & was made payable 2d of May 1816. and is
Recorded in the Clerks office of Otsego County in Book F of
Mortgages page 31- Jany [January] 31st 1816. Being unable
to pay said Mortgage & the interest on the same after
words on the 7th of March 1825 Mortgaged the said
one hundred acres of land for $300:  to Adolphus
W. Flint of Cherry Valley to procure the money to
pay off the money due on the Mortgage given to
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David Goodell which I accordingly did said
Mortgage to Flint is recorded in the clerks office in Otsego County in Book K of Mortgages Page 480. March 9th 1825 - On the 9th February 1825
being indebted to my son Julius Granger in the sum of $350. for three & a half years work labour & Julius
rendered me by my son I gave him a Judgment for that amount. That for the purpose of satisfying
that Judgment & the debts which at that time
owed I did on the first day of April 1825 sell &
convey the said one hundred acres of land he may said son Julius Granger for the sum of Eight hundred dollars being all that the said land
with its appurtenances was at that time worth subject to the Mortgage of $300. given to Flint
which my son was to pay and deduct it from the $800.
Julius on the 2d July 1825 paid a debt which I
owed to Robert Dunlap for goods which I purchased out of his store $70.17
He also paid Lester Holt for leather which I had at
different times purchased of the said Lester the sum of $33-
he also paid to Alfred Crofts for me for Blacksmithing
the sum of $5.69.
he also paid for me to Henry Howe a rate of between six & seven dollars- said Howe has left the country- he also paid me in Cash $35- twenty dollars of which
I paid to Lester Holt & the residue I expended in
paying little debts & in purchasing [illegible]-

In 1818, I had a stable of horses one of them died
& the others was sold in 1825 for $50. I had three cows
one of which I fattened & killed & the other two died
I also had an old waggon [wagon] which was also sold in
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1825 for five dollars
Sworn & declared in open
Court on the 18th day of
June 1829, before me
A. Cook Jur [Junior] Clk [Clerk]

Sebe Granger

It appears to the satisfaction of the undersigned
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the
County of Otsego, that the said Sebe Granger did serve
in the Revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy for the term of
nine months under an engagement in the continental establishment, and it is the opinion of the said Court
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid schedule is forty five dollars dated June 18th 1829
Geo. Morell First Judge Otsego
Com: [Common] Pleas
J. C. Walworth
Seth Chase
Judges of Otsego
Com: [Common] Pleas
I Abner Cook Junior Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Otsego in the State of
New York do hereby certify that it appears to the
satisfaction of the Court that the said Sebe Granger
did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the
preceding declaration against the commanding
for the term o nine months under an engagement
on the continental establishment. I also certify
that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the Records of the said Court
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And I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in
value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is forty five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of the said
Court on this 18th day of June 1829
A. Cooke Junior Clerk of Otsego
County Court N.Y. having
Courts of Record having power
of fine & imprisonment
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State of New York
SS
Otsego County
On this twenty fourth day of February one
thousand Eight hundred and forty-nine personally
appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices
of the Peace of the County aforesaid Molly Granger
a resident of Cherry Valley in the County ┃
of Otsego aged Eighty years who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on her
Oath, make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed on the second February
Eighteen hundred and forty-eight, granting
who served
Pensions to widows of persons who served during this
Revolutionary war. That she is the widow
of Sebe Granger who was a Private in the
Massachusetts line of the Revolution Army
the Regiment of Corps not recollected by this
deponent, Deponent further said that her
late husband Sebe Granger resided in the
town of Cherry Valley County and State aforesaid more then fifty years lost past. And that he was a pensioner at the rate of Eight dollars per month
or Ninety-six dollars per year-- at the time of his
death - to wit on the seventh day of March
1848. Deponent further said that she does not
recollect the number of the Regiment to which
he belonged, cannot recollect the name of the minister who married her to Seba Granger
think they were married in January 1786.
says she was married about one year and four
months before she had her first child which was named Allan, think the date of the
births of her husband herself and
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family were entered in the family Bible
and that the bible and record therein has been
mislaid, destroyed or lost as she has not seen
the same for some years past
She further declares that she is a widow
and resides in the town of Cherry Valley in the
County of Otsego, and further saith are
subscribed and sworn
before me this 26th day      Molly X [mark] Granger
of February 1849 before me [illegible]
Eleazer Robbins Justice of the peace

And further certify that I have been
acquainted with Molly Granger twenty years
or more know her to be a person of good
consideration and a person of truth and [illegible] and the greatest credit may be given to her statements in respect and that on [illegible]

STATE OF NEW YORK, J. Charles McLean, Clerk of said county do hereby that Eleazer Robbins
Otsego County, ss.
the person subscribing the foregoing affidavit
and before whom the same was taken on the 26 day of February
18489 therein mentioned a justice of the peace in and for said County of Otsego, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the name
subscribed to the said Affidavit is his proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this 
28, day of Feby [February] A.D. 1849
Chas. McLean Clerk

Schoharie County John Sweetman of Carlisle in the
County aforesaid aged Eighty-four who being duly sworn deposeth and saith he was well acquainted with Sebe Granger in his life time knew him before he was
Married, knew and was well acquainted with Molly
Clark before her marriage to Sebe Granger
lived in the same Neighborhood and within
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family were entered in the family Bible and that the bible and record therein has been mislaid, destroyed or lost as she has not seen the same for some years past.
She further declares that she is a widow and resides in the town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego, and further saith so
Subscribed and sworn             
before me this 26th day
of February 1849Eleazer Robbins Justice of the peace                   
Her X Mark Molly Granger

And I further certify that I have been acquainted with Molly Granger twenty years or more know her to be a person of good conducts and person of truth and veracity and the greatest credit may be give to her statements in every (illegible) and that on account of lame in of and inability she is unable to appear before a court. 
in 6th line prv took their word four instance
in 12  "     "     "        "       words who served
" 20     "      "     "      "         "    years
" last line   "       "     the word the  (?)
Eleazer Robbins Justice

(seal here) of New York
Schoharie County SS  John Sweetman of Carlisle in the County aforesaid aged eighty-four who being duly sworn deposeth and saith he was well acquainted with Sebe Granger in his life time knew him before he was married knew and was well acquainted with Molly Clark before her marriage to Seba Granger. lived in the same neighborhood and within
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(right edge folded-missing dates)

Sebe Granger Was born January the 31 1763
Molly Granger Was born November the 21 176?
Allen Granger Was born May the 23 1787
Abner Granger Was born January the 2nd 1789
John Granger Was born May the 6 1791
Lucy Granger Was born December the 2n 1792
Bele Granger Was born October the 14 1794
Glory Granger Was born December the 20 17?
Olive Granger Was born November the 23 1798
Julius Granger Was born May the 22 1801
Joel Granger Was born August the 24th 1803
Seth Granger Was born June the 16 1805
Lurana Granger Was born August the 20 1807
Abner Granger Died February the 16 1794
Glory Granger Died June the 20 1798
Allen Granger Died September 24 1823
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Peter Butler was maried (?) february 7th 1828
Peter Butler, Lurana Butler, Emily Butler, Gitty Butler.
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John Granger died Augus 28-1826
Sebe Granger Departed This life March 7th-1848
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Sebe Granger W. F. 1753

chart showing:
 dates of enlistment or appointment/Length of service/rank
& Officers under whom service was rendered by Captain & Colonel/State

May 1778  9 months  Pvt. /Capt. Joshua Benson/Colonel Rufus Putnam & Bradford  / Mass.

May 1781   Jan or Feb1784   Pvt  Capts. Wadsworth & Stone/Colonel Rufus Putnam & Vose  /   Mass.

Battles engaged in (ck mark)
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, (ck mark)
Date of application for pension,  April 3 1818 This claim al.
Residence at date of application, Cherry Valley Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born Jan 31, 1763 Died Mar 7, 1848
at Cherry Valley
Remarks" Soldier married at Charlton Saratoga Co. NY Jany. 1786 Molly Clark*. She was allowed a pension on an application executed Feby. 24, 1848 while a resident of Cherry Valley NY aged 84 yrs. Children Allen b.May 25, 1787 died Sept. 28 1823 Abner b. Jan 25, 1789 d. Feb 16, 1794, John b. May 6, 1791 d. Aug 28, 1826 Lucy b. Dec 25 1792 Bele b. Oct. 14, 1794, Glory b.
Dec 20,1796 d. June 20, 1798 . Olive b. Sept 20, 1798, Julius b May 23, 1801, Joel Aug. 28, 1803, Seth b. June 16, 1805, Susana (Butler) b. Aug 20, 1807        
Very respectfully,  
Commissioner
* date of birth illegible on family record
Made a supplement for children, could not get it 
on one paper record
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[initials upper right "WMJS?"]
Rev. War Section
October 9, 1922
Mrs. E. M. Williams
187 Summit Grove Park
Rochester, New York
Madam:
In addition to the military history of Sebe or Seba Granger, Revolutionary War, W. 1755 you are herewith furnished the following family data.
Children:
Allen born May 23, 1787, died September 28, 1823.
Abner " Jan. 25, 1789, " February 16, 1794.
John " May 6, 1791, " August 28, 1826.
Lucy " Dec. 25, 1792.
Bele " Oct. 14, 1794.
Clory " Dec. 20, 1796, died June 20, 1798.
Olive " Nov. 25, 1798.
Julius " May 22,1801.
Joel " Aug. 28, 1803.
Seth " June 16, 1805.
Lurana Butler " Aug. 20, 1807. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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White
Cooperstown My
Nov. 10, 1904 His to
Jennie E. Howe
Friendship N.Y

1908 Apr. 18 Hist to
Samuel M Satliff V.L.M.

1922 - Oct 9. Hist. to Mrs.
E. M. Williams [illegible]
See letter in S. of Chester
Clearland. W. 20865.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1755
Molly Granger
Widow.
Sebe Granger
Priv. Rev. WA
Act July 29, 1848.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 285-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 14 98
Mrs. F. G.
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5064
New York
Albany.
Molly Granger,
widow of Seba Granger
who served in the Revolutionary
was a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
50 Dollars
Cents [crossed out]  per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
8th day of Sept. 1849
and sent to
S. Brown
Carlisle, N.Y.
[torn page] orded  on Roll of Pensioners under act
[torn page] ary 2, 1848, Page 76 Vol. 4.

Lett to Geo W Little
Sept 17, 1849
Let. to Hon H. Walden
March 9, 1850
Let. to Hon. H. Walden
April 3d, 1850
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(2363)
New York.
Sebe Granger, private, Massachusetts line-
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War, 
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8-Dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Sept:1818, and sent to the care of James S. Campbell, Esq; Otego, N. Y. 
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $40.53.
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March, 1819. 48.
$88.53
5 mo: 2/30
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
One Year
Putnam
Cherry valley Otsigol
See letter 8 July 1818 to Go Morell Cooperstown New York
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placed on 20th 17 Sept. 1818.
see letter to G. Morell
July 9, 1829 & Dec. 16 1829. to 23 Sept 1830 to Alvos Stewart & to Hon. W. Angel H. R Jan. 20, 1832
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No
Molly Granger
[illegible]
Letter to S. Brown
June 28th 1849

ad 2nd July 48
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New York, Albany Roll, Act 18 March 1818.
Sebe Granger, for $8 per month,
To what twice last paid?
Pd to March 1848. BLM
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Friendship N Y
Oct 17 1904

Commission of Pensions
Washington D C


Navy Oct 1904 Files

My dear Sir

I have written you asking for a  military record of Jeremiah Parrish and his brother Neamiah , will you also send the record of Titus Howe a soldier of the Revolution and a pension of Cattaraugus county.  All of the above were
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from Cattaraugus Co

Was Sebe  Granger a 
Soldier in the war of Revolution of 1812

Any information you can give will be appreciated.

Your Truly 


Jennifer Eloise Howe

U. S. P. B 
Navy 
Oct 19 1904
Files

PENSION OFFICE
USA
Oct 18 1904
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Augt [August] 5, 48
Seba Granger
Otsego
NY
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Otsego Co N.C.
Cherry Valley, July 31, 1848
Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.  Mr. Sebe Granger late of this town a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818 was (inscribed?) on the Pension Roll Sept. 17, 1818, He died in March last and continued to draw of his pension to the time of his death.
His widow was married to him upwards of 60 years ago in Saratoga Co. in this state. She lived and cohabited with him as his wife from the time of the marriage to the time of his death. It can be clearly proven that she so thus lived and cohabited with him from a period antecedent to 1794 continuously to the time of his death. Add that during that entire period they have been universally reported and believe to be married. They have together a family of children. She is however unable to produce any record evidence of her marriage and it is believed she can produce no other evidence that that referred to except her own testimony. Mr. & Mrs. Granger resides in this town about half a century.
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and have always enjoyed a very respectable standing in community. The proof referred to is abundantly sufficient by the laws of this state to establish any (eight?) or interests which she might benefit as the widow of Mr. Granger.
We take the liberty of explaining whether the proof said as is will be deemed sufficient evidence to entitle Mrs. Granger to a pension as the widow of Sebe Granger? 
Very respectfully yours
Hammond A Bates
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To the Secrty at War
Washington City
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State of New York
Cooperstown Nov 30 1829
{illegible] at War
-
In the case of
Sebe Granger a Pensioner, I enclose the
affidavit of Judge Monroe & the Board on
which the Judge was [illegible], which
is all the written evidence of the
contract existing between the parties and
I would take the liberty of stating that by
the courts of the State of New York a Parol
Contract, so far as it regards Personal
services, is equally binding, with that of
written contract. The Laws of that State
make no distinction as Article 4 Sect 1
Con. U.S. & the [illegible] & Laws of the State of N.Y.
In the case of John F. Thomas I have
made out the papers in conformity with
the regulations furnished me from the
War Department & trust that they will be satisfactory in I have been acquainted with
Granger & Thomas for some years & I
believe them both to be in [illegible]
circumstances as to require relief [illegible] Geo. Morell
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Cherry Valley, N. Y.
June 5, 1849

J. L. Edward Esq.
Sir, Mrs. Molly Granger of this town, widow of Sebe Granger of this town also deceased is entitled to a pension under the act of July 18/18.

Her declaration was forwarded to your office some months since. It having been made before a Justice of the Peace. She is apprehensive in that it has been rejected on that account.

Will you have the goodness to state whether this is so and whether the proof of marriage is sufficient.

Her husband Sebe Granger was revolutionary pensioner.

Please state in what her claim is defective if it has been suspended on that account. It is possible her papers may never have reached you.
Yours truly
Geo. W. Little
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No 644
Molly Granger
widow of Seba
N. Y.
Act 29 July 1848

(illegible) $96.00 per annum comg 7th
March 1848 deductg  former payments at
$80 per annum under act of 2 July 1848

Hon. H. Walden
H & h (?)
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State of New-York,
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.  I, Samuel North, Clerk of the County of Otsego, do hereby certify that
Jefferson N. Clyde whose name is subscribed to the certificate
of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking
such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, of the county of Otsego,
dwelling in said County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment, and that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that
his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said
instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the Sixth day of April A. D., 1850
Samuel North CLERK.
pension certificate was issued on the 8 Sept 1849
and
under the act of February 2 1848.
George W. Little
Subscribed and sworn this
6th day of April 1850 aforesaid before me
Jefferson N Clyde Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named George W
Little is a person of credibility
Cherry Valley April 6th 1850
Jefferson N Clyde
Justice
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State of New York
Tioga County SS.  

On this sixth day of April 1850 personally came before me George W. Little to me known who being by me duly sworn says that he knows Molly Granger the widow of Sebe Granger that she is ow living in the town of Cherry Valley, Otsego County and State of New York and that she is the identical person to whom a pension certificate was issued on the 8th Sept. 1849 under the act of February 2nd 1848
George W. Little
Subscribed and sworn this 6th day of April 1850 aforesaid before me
Jefferson N. Clyde Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named George W. Little is a person of credibility
Cherry Valley April 6 1850
Jefferson N. Clyde Justice
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In the matter of
Sebe Granger
a pensioner
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Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Sebe Granger of Cherry Valley Otsego County & State of New York am held and firmly bound unto Julius Granger of the same place in the Sum of seven hundred Dollars, money of Account of the United States; To be paid to the said Julius Granger or to his certain Attorney, Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns; to the which Payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and each and every of the, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal Dated the twenty fifth day of February in the Year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
The Condition of this obligation is such, That if the above bounden Sebe Granger his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, shall and do well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the named Julius Granger his Heirs, Executors, Adminstrators or Assigns, the just and full Sum of three hundred & fifty dollars on or before the twenty fifth day of February instant with yearly interest
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Sebe Granger 
to Julius Granger
Bond

(very faint)
(?) of Atty  (?)with this bond  (?)   which he (?) held in dup.
(illegible) 
March 9 1825

(debt calculations very faint)
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss  

James O Morse of the town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego Counsellor at law being duly sworn saith that the annexed bond was executed in his presence on the day of its date and he further saith that the consideration of the bond as (illegible) was informed by the parties & believed to be true was for three & a half years a bond of Julius Granger for his father Sebe Granger at one hundred (illegible) per year and this deponent further saith that a judgement was obtained on the said bond in the Supreme Court of the state of New York which was docketed the 9 day of March 1825 and that (illegible) spend on said judgemennt to the Sherriff of the County of Otsego with directions to levy 8350 of debt & ten dollars of costs and that this deponent was the attorney who spend the  (illegible) & entered up the judgement.
James O. Morse

I certify that the above affidavit was sworn to & subscribed before me this 17 day of October 1829 and I further certify
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that I am well acquainted with the said James O. Morse, that he is one of the Judges of the Otsego County Courts & is a credible witness.
Geo. Morell First  Judge
Otsego Co. Councellor

State of New York
Otsego County
Clerks Office SS
  I Abner Cook Jur. Clerk of said County do hereby certify that George Morell Esquire before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same First Judge of Otsego County duly qualified as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & verily believe that the signature officially set to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature.
Given under my hand & seal of Office at Cooperstown this 30 day of Nov. 1829
A. Cook Jur. Clk.
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Attorney

Molly Granger,
widow of Seba
N.Y. 
Act 2d Feb 1848

Married    1786
Husband died 7 Mch 1848

Adm two years pri
$80 per annum commencing
7 March 1848

S.Brown
Carlisle, N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Otsego Ss
On this the 15th day of August 1849 personally appeared before the County Judge of said county Molly Granger a resident of the town of Cherry Valley in said county of Otsego aged eighty three years who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary was. That she is the widow of Sebe Granger who was a private in the Militia of the State of New York, that the said husband was a pensioner for services as private in the army of the Revolution at an rate of right around ten month, that she is then the widow of said Sebe Granger who died on the 6th day of March 1848 at his residence in said town of Cherry Valley.
Sworn & subscribed before
me on the day & year first above
written 
James Hyde Court
Judge of Otsego
     her mark
Molly X Granger
I further certify the from the age and infirmity of the said Molly Granger she is unable to attend court for the purpose of making the foregoing declaration
August 25, 1849
James Hyde Co Judge
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Ca

Carlisle August 26th 49
I want you to send me the C. W. (illegible)
as tha must bee Surrendered at the Office in albany I believe if necessary and send it to me as soon as possible
yours Respectfully
Sevarinus Brown

Hon James L Edwards
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State of New York
Schoharie County SS
Lurana Butler of the town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego aged 41 who being duly sworn before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the county of Schoharie deposeth and saith that she is the daughter of Sebe Granger who was a pensioner of the united States and who was entitled to receive Ninety six dollars per year and who died on the 7th day of march 1848 aged eighty four years leaving a widow Molly Granger who is now living. Deponant further saith that the family record hereunto annexed is the only record to be found and the only one within the knowledge of this deponant. Deponant further saith that she saw her brother Bele Granger (who is now dead) copy the same from the family bible before his death, saw the same compared with the Bible record and is positive it is a true copy. And believes the original record and the old Bible is destroyed and to the best recollection of this deponant the annexed record was copied twenty three years ago from the family Bible,
Lurana Butler
Subscribed and sworn this 26th day of February 1849 before me
Henry J Moak
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Otsego County SS
Seth Granger of the town of Cherry Valley in said County who being duly sworn deposth and saith that he is the son of Sebe Granger deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war and a pensioner of the United States and who died on the 7th day of March 1848 aged eight five years-says he has in his possession a record of the births and deaths of his father and mother and their family which record was taken and copied from the family Bible by this deponant a number of years ago, thinks about fifteen or twenty years ago. Says he has compared the same with the record hereunto annexed and find it to be a true copy taken by him from the Bible Record. And further saith that he cannot tell where the family Bible is supposes it to be mislaid or destroyed together with the record.
Seth Granger

Subscribed and sworn this 26th day of February 1849 before me
Eleazer Robbins
Justice of the Peace
And I certify that I have known the above named Seth Granger twenty years or more know him to be a man of good moral carachter and a man of truth and veracity and the greatest credit may be give to his statement in every respect.
Eleazer Robbins Justice
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two miles of them. thinks that Seba Granger was married to Molly Clark about, as as near as he can recollect in the year 1786. deponent further saith that he was married on the sixth day of Mar 1796-is positive that Molly Granger married seven years or more before he was and hearing they lived together as man and wife-and that they were married in Charlston Saratoga Co.
and further this deponent saith not
John Sweetman

Subscribed and sworn this 27th day of February 1849 before me
Henry J Moak Justice of the peace

State of New York
Schoharie County SS  Mary Sweetman of Carlisle in the county aforesaid wife of john Sweetman aged seventy four who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she was well acquainted with Seba and Molly Granger both before and after they were married. Thinks they were married in the year 1786 or 1787. Knows she was married to John Sweetman in the year 1796 on the 6th day of march, knows that Seba Granger was married to Molly Clark some years before she was married. Thinks as many as seven knows they lived together as man and wife. Deponant at this time lived within one mile of the residence of the father of Molly Granger at this time of said marriage with Seba Granger and further saith not.
Mary Sweetman
Subscribed and sworn this 27th day of 
February 1849 before me. Henry J. Moak Justice of the Peace.
And further certify that I have been acquainted with John Sweetman and Mary Sweetman his wife, thirty years, known them to be person of truth and veracity and whose statement may be fully relied on.
Henry J Moak Justice of the Peace
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No
Molly Granger
wid of Seba
NY

act 2 July 1848

Married before 1794
(?)   1848
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March 6 '49

Cl
Molly Granger 
2 July 48

Sebe Granger 1818

N. York  (illegible note on side)

(upside down)
J. L. Edwards
Pension office
Washington City

(sideways)
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City D. C.
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J. L. Edwards
Pension office
Washington City

(upside down)
Cl
March 6 '49
Molly Granger 
2 July '48

Sebe Granger
(illegible note on side)

(sideways)
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City D.C.
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Mr J. L. Edwards Sir please examine the papers enclosed in the case of Molly Granger as soon as convenient, it appears to me there is sufficient proof-if not you will inform me and I will endeavor to furnish more.  if a certificate is made out you send it to Severnus Brown
Carlisle Scho. Co. N. Y. 
Yours respectfully
Severnus Brown

Mr J L Edwards
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Mr J. L. Edwards Sir  please examine the papers in the case of Molly Granger as soon as convenient, it appears to me there is sufficient proof-if not you will inform me and i will endeavor to furnish more. if a certificate is made out you send it to Severinus Brown
Carlisle Scho. Co. N.Y.
Yours respectfully
Severinus Brown

Mr J L Edwards
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Payment to be made at Albany b Thomas M Olcott. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March annually during widowhood
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 76 Vol. 4 by R.W. Cushman, Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Molly Granger, 
widow of Seba Granger, who was a Private
in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the
pension list at a rate of eighty dollars and .............cents per annum, commencing on the 7th (4th-crossed out) of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this 8th day of Septr.
one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine.

Examined and Countersigned,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldier as ere pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original State.
O. W. &N. DIV.
REOLUTIONARY 

L. W. B.
W. 1755

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
July 14th, 1898

Madam;
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Seba Granger made an application for pension on April 3rd, 1818, at which time he was 55 years of age and residing in Otsego County, New York, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Benson and Col. Putnam. Place of his enlistment not stated. His widow, Molly, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner

Mrs. Fannie G. White,
Cooperstown, N.Y.
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SAMUEL M. SUTLIFF
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
SUITE 1515 MASONIC TEMPLE
TELEPHONES AUTO 8611 CENTRAL 1218
CHICAGO, ILL Apr. 11, 1908
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
It is my present intention to join the Sons of the Revolution based on the military service of one of my ancestors, Siba Granger. I am informed that this Siba Granger was born Jan. 31st, 1763 at Suffield, Conn., died Mar. the 4th, 1848 at Cherry Valley, N.Y. (now Roseborn, N.Y); that he served in the Massachusetts troops during the revolution and was a pensioner.
My purpose in addressing your department is to learn as to the authenticity of the above statements and the cost of securing from your department or the department to which you may refer this letter if necessary, the necessary certificate to the official record of this Siba Granger.
Yours very truly, 
Samuel M. Sutliff
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Sebe Granger
further proof added
None of the wait agents
Adn'
3d. April, 1818
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State of New York, Otsego County, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED That on the third day of April 1818 the above named Sebe Granger came before me, James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New York, and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition and Declaration are true:- And I the said Judge, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War," do certify to the Secretary of War, that it has appeared to my satisfaction that the said Sebe Granger served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, for the term mentioned in the said Petition and Declaration hereunto annexed: And in pursuance of the directions of said Act, I do hereby certify to the Hon. the Secretary of War, that the testimony of Benjamin Gilbert as detailed in his affidavit hereunto annexed, was taken before me, and that I am satisfied that the application of the said Sebe Granger is fair and bona fide and that he by reason of his reduced circumstances, is in need of assistance from his county for support. 
James S. Campbell
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CLERK'S OFFICE,
Otsego County, ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, in the State of New-York, hereby Certify, that James S. Campbell now is, and for one year past, has been, one of the Judges of the said Court; and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate and papers, is his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this 28(?) day of April 1818.
W.W.Webb Dept Clk
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Sebe Granger

Morse & Stewart
Agents

Not on rolls
(illegible)
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

I Benjamin Gilbert of the Town of Middlefield in the County of Otsego & State of New York do certify that I was a Lieutenant in Captain Stones Company in Colonel Rufus Putmans Regiment of the Massachusetts line of Continental Troops in the War of the Revolution & I do further certify that I knew Sebe Granger while he was a soldier in said Company & Regiment & that I perfectly well recollect that the said Granger served in said Company and Regiment more than one year & was honorably discharged as I have always understood at the close of the war.
Dated September 1st 1818
Benjamin Gilbert Lieut. in the 5th Mass. Regt.
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

Robert Dunlap being sworn saith that Sebe Granger owed him a debt on book for goods sold him and that on the thirtyeth June eighteen hundred and twenty six he paid on said debt five Dollars and on the twenty eight day of October of the same year five Dollars more.
Robert Dunlap

Sworn before me this
15th June 1829
Oliver Judd Jus. Peace
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

Alfred Crafts being sworn saith that Sebe Granger owed the estate of Smith B. Reonald 
for Blacksmithing five Dollars sixty nine cents and Julius Granger paid the amount to me as administrator of said estate.
Alfred Crafts
Sworn before me this 
15th June 1829
Oliver Judd Jus. Peace
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State of New York,
Otsego County, SS
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Oliver Judd Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County, dwelling in the said county, duly commissioned and sworn a such. AND FURTHER, That I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature officially set to the annexed affidavit to be his proper hand-writing.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the County aforesaid, the 30th day of June 1829
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

Lester holt being sworn saith that Sebe Granger owed the said deponant on note of hand in 1824 forty four Dollars 59/100 and that Julius Granger paid on said note twenty three Dollars and the ballance of said note was paid by said Sebe Granger and since that time I have an amount against said Sebe Granger for Leather to the amount of forty one or two Dollars and on said amount Julius Granger has paid ten Dollars and the ballance I have Sebe Grangers note for.
Lester Holt

Sworn & subscribed this 15th June 1829
before me 
Oliver Judd Jus. Peace
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affidavits (?)
 rebate (?) to
Seba Granger
pension

allowed
L. C..
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

Joshua Tucker of Cherry Valley in said county being duly sworn says that he has known Julius Granger son of Suba Granger from his early infancy, that he became twenty one years old in May 1821 according to this deponents best knowledge recollection and belief. That the said Julius after he became of age worked for his father every year constantly till the year 1825, that he worked faithfully & industriously as this
deponent thought who then lived & yet lives a neighbour to them.
This deponent further says that he verily believes that the said Julius carried during that period over & above his clothing & board at least the sum of three hundred & fifty dollars & this deponent thinks more. This deponent said he then wanted to hire a man should have been willing to have paid him that sum for his services during that period. 
The said Julius was during said period trust worth & has always sustained as fair character for probity & honesty as has also his father Suba Granger.
This deponent further says from his knowledge of the said Julius & Suba Granger derived from an intimate acquaintance with them & living near to them he verily believes that the contracting of this debt from Suba
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to Julius Granger of the three hundred & fifty dollars was a fair & bona fide transaction & that this amount was honestly due from the said Saba to the said Julius.
This deponent further says that from the age & infirmities of Suba Granger he has carried and him failing in his ability to labour for a good many years.
 Joshua Tucker

Sworn & Subscribed this 4th day of February
1832 before me.
James O. Morse
one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts
Counsellor
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss  
Cornelius Low of Cherry Valley in said county being duly sworn says that he has known Julius Granger from his earliest infancy & has known Suba Granger for a great many years having lived near to them. That he has heard said the affidavit of Joshua Tucker hereunto annexed and knows that the facts therein stated are true & that he fully agrees with aid Tucker in all that he has stated.
Cornelius Low
Sworn & subscribed this 
sixth day of February 1832
before me
James O. Morse one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts

State of New York
Otsego County Ss  
Julius Granger of Cherry Valley inn said county being duly sworn says that he never received any thing but his clothing & board for ther work he did for his father previous to the year 1825 & that the debt which his father then owed him of three hundred & fifty dollars was in all respects fair & bonafide.
Julius Granger
Sworn & subscribed this 6th day
of February 1832 before me
James O. Morse one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

I certify that I have long known Joshua Tucker & Cornelius Low whose affidavits are hereto annexed. That they are among the most respectable farmers of the town of Cherry Valley; and men of strict integrity & veracity.
I have also long known Suba Granger & Julius Granger & that they are men of integrity & veracity and with Mrs. Tucker & Low are held in high estimation by their neighbours.
From my knowledge of all these men I should not hesitate to believe them when under oath or not, and after an investigation into the transaction of indebtedness referred to on the affidavits I feel free to say that I consider it perfectly fair and without the least tinctum of fraud.
James O, Morse
one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts
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House of Representatives
Feb 2 1832

I certify that I am acquainted with James O Morse Esquire whose Jurat appears upon the annexed papers and that he is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego Co N York and duly qualified to administer oaths.

W. G. Angel
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Sebe Granger

Payable on the 4th. of March, and 4.th Sept.
in each year, at the Branch Bank of the United States, City of New York.

Sebe Granger
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This document too faded.
Unable to transcribe
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WAR DEPARTMENT



Revolutionary Claim

 I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the  UNITED STATES, of the 18. March, 1818, Sebe Granger,  late a private  in the Massachusetts line of the revolutionary army.

is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars  cents per month, to commence on the third  day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the UNITED STATES, this seventeenth day of September,
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

I certify that I have examined the Records of Deed and Mortgages in the clerks office of Otsego County & that I find there a mortgage on record from Seba Granger to David Goodell as is stated in the declaration of the said Seba Granger hereto annexed & that the said mortgage was discharged of record on the 17 June 1829 that the certificate of the discharge bears date March 27th 1825 I also find on record in said office a mortgage from the said Seba Granger to Adolphus W. Flint on same piece of land for the sum of $300 as is stated in the declaration of the said Seba. I also find on record a deed from the said Seba Granger to Julius Granger of the said piece of land as is stated in the said declaration of the said Seba. Said deed is dated April 1 1825 and is recorded in Book II.II of Conveyances July 26 1825. Page 375. The consideration mentioned in said deed is $800.
Given under my hand & the seal
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of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Otsego the 20 day of July 1829.
A. Cook Jur Clk
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss:

Julius Granger of the town of Cherry Valley in the County o Otsego & State of New York being sworn saith that he is the son of Sebe Granger mentioned in the annexed declaration of the said Sebe made before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Otsego on the 18 day of June instant-that he has examined the schedule of the property of the said Sebe annexed to the said declaration and finds the facts set forth in that schedule cannot be true. That the said Sebe was on the 9th July 1825 honestly and partly indebted to this deponent in the sum of $350 for work labor & services rendered by this deponent for the said Sebe. That he this deponent worked for the said Sebe three years and a half and found one horse-that finding his father was unable to pay the said debt of the mortgage which he had given to Adolphus W. Flint of $300 the this deponent did on the first day of April 1825 agree to purchase & did purchase the lot of one hundred acres of land mentioned in the said schedule of the said Sebe for the sum of $800 being all that the said farm with its appurtenances was at that time worth that the said farm in general appeared in the tax list by the town  (illegible) at the sum of $600--that he paid the said Sebe for the
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said land as is stated by the said Sebe in the following manner viz

The debt I think the said Sebe owed me   $350.--
The mortgage to Flint which I was to pay     300.-
To Robert Dunlap for the said Sebe                70.17
To Lester Holt for Do Do 33.--                                 
To Alfred Craft for Do Do                                  5.69
To Sebe Granger Bank                                      35.--
To Lester Holt in Bank for
the said Sebe                                                   14.50
Making the sum of  $807.86
And further this deponent saith not

Sworn this 23d day of Jun 1829
before me
G.W. Morell First. Judge
Otsego Co.

(attached form)
State of New York,
Otsego County SS

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That George Morell Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit wa taken was at the time of taking the same, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, dwelling in the said county, duly commissioned and sworn as such. AND FURTHER, That I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature officially set to the annexed affidavit to be his proper hand-writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the County aforesaid, the 30th day of June 1829
A. Cook Jur Clk