Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4207, Lewis Graves, N.C. S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                         NUMBER
N. C.            Graves, Lewis            R. 4207
S. C.

CONTENTS
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State of Georgia
Country of Newton

On this 24th day of June 1833. Personally appeared in open court before the justice of the Inferior Court for said county, now sitting Lewis Graves a resident of the county of Newton and state of Georgia, aged seventy three years on the 17th next month, who bring first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make this following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as having stated (viz) under Col Morris Murphy Major Robert Loyd and Capt Joseph Griffen that he entered that service, in the month of May 1776 and left the same in the month of August 1776 having served in the said tour the space of three months, that he resided in Chesterfield district in South Carolina when he entered the service, that he entered the same as a drafted militia man that he marched from Chesterfield district to Charleston in So. Carolina and was stationed at fort Moultrie, at which last mentioned place he was discharged, at the end of the before mentioned three months, that he received a discharge from the same in wrighting [sic] but that the same has been lost or destroyed - that he afterwards to wit in the month of February 1777 entered the service again under Captain Robert Pasley and was discharged from the same in the month of May 1777, having served the span of three months that he marched from Chesterfield District So Carolina, to Charleston in So Carolina, that he entered the same as a Drafted militia man, that he was in no regular engagement during either of the formentioned tours of Duty that he served with Col Hughgus Continental regiment
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that he was acquainted with Col Hughges Col Moultrie, Major Marion, Pulaski, Capt Horey and Donaldson Continental officers, that he was discharged at Charleston but his discharge has been lost or destroyed, that in the month of June 1777 that he entered the service again under Captain Maguire that he left the same in September 1777 having seerved three months, that he entered the same as a substitute for one Benjamin Thurmond that he marched from Chesterfield to Charleston and from there he was removed and stationed on James' Island, that he has no recolection of recieving any written discharge for the said last mentioned service if he had any, the same has been lost or distroyed, that he served six other tours of three months each between 1777 and 1781, the particular times of entering and leaving the service from old age & the consequent loss of memory. He cannot now recolect that he was engaged in the seige of Charleston - that he afterwards to wit on the first May 1781. entered ther service again as a volunteer in the state of North Carolina, under Col Axiam, Major Gresham, Captain Hillsman, and Liuetenat Willis Wilder, that he entered the service at the place now known as Raleigh, that he marched to Durham Court house, and was then stationed a short time, from thence he marched to Grays Ferry on New River at which last mentioned place he was discharged in August 1781. that he received a discharge from under the hand of Capt Hillsman, but the same has been lost or distroyed, that he was born in Spotsilvania County in Virginia, on the 17th July 1760. that he has no record of his age, there was a record but the same
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has been long since destroyed, that he was living in Chesterfield district South Carolina when he was called in to service that he has lived in the state of Georgia ever since the close of the Revolutionary war except the first year, that he now lives in the county of Newton state of Georgia, he was called in to service most of the time as a drafted militia man, one time as a volunteer and one time as a substitute for one Benjamin Thurmond, that he has before stated to Continental officers and Regiment with whom he was acquainted and served, that he recd discharged for his diferent tours of service but the same have been lost or distroyed that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service excepting the three persons whose testimony is hereto attached that Obediah W. D. Fielder and Prior Reeves are persons in his present neighborhood with whom he is acquainted & who can testify as to his character for veracity, and belief of his service as a revolutionary soldier. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state or (if any) only on that of the agency of the state of South Carolina.
Sworn to &  subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

Lewis Graves
his Mark
WD Conyers J.J.C.N.C
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We John Holmes a Clergyman residing in the County of Jasper in said state and Obediah W. D. Fields residing in said County of Newton and state of Georgia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Graves, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Holmes
                                  Cler
                                 J,M,B,G of SDSR
WD Conyers JJC,NC

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, &  after [illegible] the interogation, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named (Lewis Graves) applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Holmes who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Jasper state of Georgia, and that Obediah W. D. Fields, who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Newton and state aforesaid, and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm D Conyers JJC
Fara H. Trammell, JJC
Felix [illegible] JJC
Jos. T. Anderson JSC

I James Trimble Clerk of the Inferior Court forsaid County & state, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lewis Graves for a pension in testimony where of, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24th day of June 1833.
James Trimble
Clerk
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Lewis Graves, decd.
Georgia
Act 7 June 18 1832
Let 6 July '5-2

B. L. Defreese
Vernon,
La
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Vernon Jackson Parish Louisiana
Marsh 12t 1832
Hon S W Downs
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you papers made out some years since for the purpose of enabling Lewis Graves to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of 1832
Mr Graves was then a resident of the State of Georgia and died in Georgia about the year 1839 without having obtained any aid from the United States Government as a pension or otherwise  His ,relations, descendants, children and grand children since his death have moved to this Parish where they now reside  Te Mssrss [sic] Shoalers are his grand children and one of them Mr. John Shoalers handed me the acompaning [sic] papers some time since with instructions to forward them to you andd solicit for them your early and kind attention  They desire you to examine them and inform them through me if his heirs cannot obtain a pension or the relief that should have been granted to their ancestor from 1832 until the time of his death  If they can they respectfully request you to take charge of the matter if your engagements will permit and obtain the relief for them to which they may be entitled
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If your business engagements are such that you cannot give the matter your attention they desire you to hand it over to the Hon Williams [name unclear] Representative for this District with the request that he examine into the matter and aid them in the premises so far as may be consistant [sic] with his other engagements and their business [word unclear] requires  Please let me hear from you at an eary day and if you should find it necessary to hand the business to Mr. Moore be so kind as to ask him to address me on the subject  
Your early attention to this matter will greatly oblige your friend and
Obt Svt
B L Defreese
PS if it should be necessary to make proof of the death and the time at which it happened, of Mr Graves please state the manner [illeg.]
Defreese
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Rev. War sect ion.
October 11, 19915.

Mrs. M. J. McAfee,
College Park,
Georgia.

Madam:
In reply to your undated letter which was received on the fifth instant, you are advised that in the papers in the claim of Lewis Graves, R. File No. 4,207, Rev. War. it is alleged that he was born Jul7 17, 1760 in spotsylvania county, Virginia, and while residing in Chesterfield District, South Carolina, entered the service under the following officers:
In May 1776, under Captain Joseph Griffith, and Colonel Maurice Murphy.  South Carolina troops; served three months.
February 1777, under Captain Robert Pasley and Colonel Huger; served three months.
June 1777, under Captain Magee served three months.
Between 1777 and 1781, he served six other tours of three months each and was in the siege of Charleston, no officers are named.
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May 1. 1781, he volunteered at Raleigh, North Carolina, and served under Captain Hillsman and Colonel Axiam until August 1781.
He died in 1839, in Georgia.
There is no data as to his family except the following: "his children and grand-children the Messrs Shoalers, one of whom was named John Shoalers were residents of Vernon, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, in 1852.
The claim was rejected for lack of proof of the alleged service.
Very respectfully,
G.M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

Graves -2-
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South Carolina
Chesterfield District

Personally came before Thomas Davis and made oath that he and Lewis Graves were out on duty at two different times during the Revolutionary War & he (Lewis Graves) behaved him self as a good Soldier & a friend to his country.
Sworn to before me the 29th September 1829
Thomas Davis
his T mark
John White JP

South Carolina
Chesterfield District
Personally came before me Richard Graves and made oath that he & Lewis Graves served together during the whole of the Revolutionary War when called on as Militiamen
Richard Graves
his [backward R] mark
Sworn to before me
Sept. 29th 1829
John White JP
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South Carolina
Chesterfield District

John White one of the Justices of the Peace for said district do certify that Thomas Davis & Richard Graves, whose depositions within stated are creditable persons whose testimony would be good in any court of law.
Given with my hand Sept 29th 1829
John White JP

South Carolina
Chesterfield District
John Craig Clerk of the Court in for said district do certify that John White whose signature appears above & within is an acting Justice of the Peace for said district & that full faith & credit should be given his official act as such-- Given under my hand [&] seal of office at Chesterfield Courthouse this 29th day of September Anno D[omine] 1829. 
John Craig CC.
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July 6th, 1852
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Pension Office
July 6 1852
Sir:
The declaration of Lewis Graves of Georgia under the Act of 7 June 1832, made out in 1833, has been received at this office through the hands of the Hon. S.W. Downs.  This claim is not supported by any testimony at all, much less such as would authorize an allowance.  If he served as stated in South and North Carolina, you can no doubt find evidence of it in the Office of the Comptroller of those States

B. . Defreese, Esq.
Vernon, 
Jackson Parish
La.
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Washington April 1st 1852

Sir
Enclosed I [illeg.] you a letter from Mr Defreese & [illeg.] in support a pension for Lewis [illeg.] Mr. Defreese whether this claim can be allowed or whether [illeg.] 
Respectfully submitted
M [illeg. signature]

J E Heath Esq
Com of Pensions
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Georgia 
Jones County

Personally before me Robert Bease a Justice of the Peace for said County came Willis Wilder who on his oath deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with Lewis Graves for the last fifty or sixty years & that he served a tour of three months in the Malitia [sic] Service in behalf of the Colonies against Great Britain in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty one with the said Lewis Graves & that the said Lewis Graves performed his duty faithfully & with fidelity in the service aforesaid.
Willis Wilder
Sworn to & Subscribed
before me the 14th day
of Sept 1832
Robert Beasley J.P.

This is to certify that I have been aquainted [sic] Willis Wilder the subscribing Witness To the above certifiable for upars [upwards] of Seventy years past in Jones County and that he is a man to be relied on and a man of varasaty [veracity] given under my hand this 14th day of Sept. 1832
Robert Beasley J.P.
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Georgia, Jones County--
Clerks Office Superior Court--
I Charles Hutchings Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Robert Beasley whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate, was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county he being duly commissioned and sworn and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given his attestation as such--
Given under my hand and seal of office this 
the 1st day of June 1833--
Charles Hutchings Clk.
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No. 38,359
Lewis Graves decd [sic]
Georgia
Set 6th July. '52
B. L. Defreese
Vernon La.
4207
Act 7 June 1832
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As all of these letters are in the cause [illeg.] and reply to Mrs. M. J. McAfee the same person has been writing varied letters for the past three weeks in the names of different McAfees of N. Y.[illeg.] and various other places but all posted at Atlanta Ga.
I try answering to one person and see if that will satisfy her.
AW. Oct 9,, 1915
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M.B.H.  
Rev. War Section.  3-1865  C 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON    October 1, 1915.

Mrs. J. J. McAfee,
College Park, Ga.

[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE OCT 6 1915
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 25th ultimo, you are advised that as the names John and Ralph Graves appear more than once on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, it is requested that you quote in full the data given in the list of pensioners printed in 1835, in order to identify the subjects of your inquiry.
Very respetfully,
G.M. Saltzgaben
Commissioner.

[handwritten beneath "Commissioner"]
I am seeking information about the family of a Graves who married--name of wife I don't know.  Their daughter Jane Graves married David Sholars.  This is all the information I have except this Graves fought under Francis Marion.  He was a boy of about 16 while under Marion in South Carolina.  
Mrs. M. M. McAfee
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V.L.M.  Rev. War Section  3-1865   Rev. Ser C2

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON   September 30, 1915

Mrs. Edwin Lang,
College Park, Ga.

Madam: 
In reply to your letter dated the 25th instant, you are advised that as the names David and James Graves appear more than once in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, it is requested that you quote in full the data given in the list of pensions reported om 1835, in order that the subjects of your inquiry may be identified.
Very respectfully
GM.Saltzgaben
Commisioner.

[handwritten below signature]
A Revolutionary soldier named Graves was about 16 years old when fighting under Francis Marion in South Carolina  A daughter of this Graves named Jane married David Sholars.  This is all the information I can give on this subject.  If you find the name of a Graves who had a daughter Jane please give me all information even if the Pension does not show the name Sholars.
Mrs. Edwin Lang
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[illeg.]
College Park, Ga.
Sept. 25 1915

Department of Pensions
Washington
[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE OCT 5 1915

Please send me all information names dates &c [sic] contained the pensions granted to two Revolutionary Soldiers in 1835

Ralph Graves
John Graves

Very truly,
Mrs. M. J. McAfee
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[name illeg.]
College Park, Ga.
Sept. 25, 1916

Department of Pensions
Washington

Please send me all information, names dates &c [sic] contained in Pensions granted to Revolutionary Soldier James Graves granted 1835.  Also the same for David Graves granted 1835
Very Truly
Mrs. Edwin Lang
[illeg.] pensions were granted to widow-- Graves  perhaps I could locate the record of the father of Jane Graves who married David Sholars
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Please let me know if I am entitled to enquire about any other names in case I do  not find the information I want about Graves

Mrs. M. J. McAfee
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1915 Oct. 11
Mr. M. J. McAfee
fam. history

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870 [crossed out]

4207
P.O.  Lewis Graves
Service:
Enlisted:  REJECTED [stamp]   , 18  .
Discharged:    , 18.
Application filed:  , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
 P.O.
Recognized.   Sontract.
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for   , 18 .