Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8623, James Graham, N.C.
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N.C. - Graham, James - S. 8623
[illegible]  in N. C.     Carded
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[illegible] reports 13077 as [illegible]
North Carolina [?16.077]
agency book died Feby, 9, 1834

James Graham of Rowan in the State of North Car who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Young in of the Regt commanded by Col. Alexander on the North Car: line for 13 mo & 13 days

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 33 Dollars - 10 Cents per annum, [to]
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June '33 and sent Saml [?Silliman] Salisbury N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 76.20
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 18.05
$9425
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 6, Page 41
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James Grahams
Declaration
19396
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State of
North Carolina
Rowan County
On this 19th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Magistrates who are Judges of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for Rowan County now sitting
the same being a Court of Record James Graham a resident of said County aged seventy four years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he has no record of his age - that he was born & raised in Rowan County. that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in December 1775 in the company
of Capt Samuel Young in said County went to a place called Rayburn Creek in South Carolina & was out about two weeks. That he again volunteered in Capt Youngs company, marched to Jasonville in the year 1776 - thinks that it was for a three months our but is not certain whether he served the whole time
That he again volunteered in Capt Youngs company & marched in what was called the Cherokee expedition, under General Rutherd [i.e. Rutherford]
who was commander in chief at all the above places that this tour lasted four months
That he again volunteered in the company of Capt Samuel Reid in Col Alexander Regiment under Gen Rutherford this tour lasted three months during which time he was at Gates defeat near Camden Son the Carolina
Company.
that he again volunteered in Capt Joseph Graham company under General Davidson and was at a skirmish at Cowans ford on the Catawba where Genl Davidson was killed in the year 1781. thinks he served this tour about two months; during this tour he was at a
skirmish with the Tories at Holts race paths near Hillsborough N. C.
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that he was pressed as a Waggoner and made a trip to Charleston another another trip to Virginia and a third to Fayetteville halling
salt for the army -
That he was out several times as a soldier for a few days at a time making about one month
He has no documentary evidence of his service-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State [signature] James Graham
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day and year foresaid
[signature] John Giles

In the absence of any regular clergyman
We James Houston and William Lucky residing in Rowan County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Graham who
has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age - that we served with him in the army part of the time he mentions & having full confidence in his integrity and veracity believe that he served as he states
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
William Luckie
James Huston
John Giles

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Luckie and James Houston who have signed the proceeding certificate are credible persons
residing in the County of Rowan, and that their statement is entitled to full credit
November 20th 1832
Abel Graham [illegible]
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I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rowan County do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Graham for a pension and that Able Graham Esqr was Chairman of the said County for this Term
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of December AD 1802
Jno Giles

The foregoing declaration and certificates having been returned by the War department with objections  the declarant appeared before Thomas L. Cowan an aging Justice of the peace in and for Rowan County and on oath offers the following explanation and amendment to his declaration That his first military service as a private Soldier in the militia was in Capt Young's company in the year 1774 when he was discharged after thirteen days.  That his second term of service was in the Spring of the year 1776 in the same capacity - this tour lased two months.
That his third term of military service was as a private soldier in the Cherokee expedition for four months in the summer of 1776.
That in the summer of 1780 he was a volunteer private in Captain Reed's company and served three months and was at Gates defeat near Camden SC.
That in the year 1781 he was a volunteer private in Capt Joseph Grahams company and served two months.  that his services as a minuteman was at least one month.
That the only regular clergyman acquainted with him died some short time before making this declaration and was unable to procure the certificate of a clergy in making this declaration and was unable to procure the certificate of a clergyman.
Sworn to and subscribed before and AD May 1st in the year 1833
Tho. L. Cowan J.P.
James Graham

I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions for Rowan County North Carolina, hereby certify that Thomas L. Cowan, before whom the above amendment of the declaration of James Grahan appears to have been signed and Sworn to, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for Rowan County. and that the foregoing signature proports to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the 24th day of May 1833
Jno. Giles clk
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19396
James Graham
N. C/

Admit a private
11 mo and 13 days 36.66
                                  1.44
                                 38.10

5.11.14
Intg. 6.7

[illegible]Let.
April 9the 1833
p. 327

Saml [illegible] Salisbury N.C.
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Brief in the case of James Graham
County of Rowan in the State of North Carolina
(Act 7th June 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? - Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - blank
3. How old is he? - 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period  -  Vol in 1775 - Duration of Service. - 
about 1413 Days - as a Private - Gen. Rutherford - Capt Young

Period - Vol in 1776 -thinks not certain 3 Months 2 days , 4 months 4 days, 
3 months 3 days as a private - Capt Young, Genl Rutherford

Period - Vol 1781 -thinks 2 months - 2 days -Capt Reid Col Alexander, Capt Graham, Genl Davidson

Period - several tours making about 1 year - 11 months, 13 days - Private

5. In what battles was he engaged? - Camden & [illegible]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - Rowan Co NC

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  - living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[illegible] Forrest 
Examining Clerk

He was pressed as a waggoner and made a trip to Charleston, another to Virginia & another there to Fayette
hauling salt for the army
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[illegible]

April 15, 1930.Mrs. J. Frank Thompson
11 Kuhlman Court
Columbia, Missouri.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.8623, it appears that James Graham was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, date not given.

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, he enlisted in December 1775 and served in the North Carolina troops at various times until sometime in 1781, amounting to twelve months and thirteen days in all, as private under Captains Samuel Young, Samuel Reid, and Joseph Graham, Colonel Alexander,
and was in battles of Camden, Cowan's Ford, and Hillsborough.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, aged seventy-four years.

He died February 9, 1834.

There is no data on file as to his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Isaac Riggs.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. War. & 1812 Wars Section
[illegible]

June 12, 1924

Joseph Montgomery 2nd
309 Chestnut St.
Harrisburg, Pa.

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.8623, it appears that James Graham was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, date not given.

While a resident of Rowan Co., N. C., he enlisted in December 1775 and served in the North Carolina Troops at various times until sometime in 1781, amounting to 12 months and 13 days in all, as private under Captain Samuel Young, Samuel Reid, and Joseph Graham, Colonel Alexander, and was in battles of Camden, Cowan's Ford, and Hillsborough

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19,1832, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, aged 74 years. He died February 9, 1834.

There is no data on file as to family.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
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In reply to your request of _____, received_____
for a statement of the military history of James Graham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S File 8673

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. -Dec. 1775 
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 13 days
RANK - Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
Capt - Samuel Young
Colonel - check mark
STATE - N. C.

DATES OF ENGLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Spring 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 2 mos.
RANK - blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN - Samuel Young
Colonel - check mark
STATE - blank


DATES OF ENGLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Summer 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 4 mos.
RANK - blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN - Samuel Young
Colonel - check mark
STATE - blank

DATES OF ENGLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Summer 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 3 mos.
RANK - blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN - Samuel Reid
Colonel - blank
STATE - blank

DATES OF ENGLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 2 mos.
RANK - blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN - Joseph Graham
Colonel - blank
STATE - blank

DATES OF ENGLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - [check mark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 1 mo.
RANK - blank
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN - Joseph Graham
Colonel - blank
STATE - blank


Battles engaged in, [Gates defeat marked through] Camden, [marked through Skirmish at] Cowan's Ford, [illegible} Hillsboro

Residence at date of application, Rowan Co 
N. C.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 19. 1832 
Age at date of application, 74 yrs. born in Rowan Co. N.C.
Remarks: [marked through: Bureau record ends] Died Feby, 1834.
[marked through: To and for name of to name of person was paid]
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June 11, 1912.

Miss Catherine R. Dillon,
Clarkston, Georgia.

Madam;

In response to your letter dated the 1st and received the 3rd instant, you are herewith furnished the history of James Graham
survivor's File No. 8623 Rev. War, and advised that there is no reference to his wife or family in the papers in his claim. For the date of last payment of his pension, and to whom paid, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, 
 giving him the following data: "James Graham, Certificate13077 [No. 16107 marked through] issued June 24, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the North Carolina Agency.""

This Bureau has only a record of claims filed on account of service rendered the Government, and in order to identify the same, if filed, you should state the Christian name of the soldier
names of some of his officers, his residence at enlistment and after discharge, and the given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.

The Aud. of the Int. called up on June 19, 1912, about this certificate no, which is incorrect and he says by telephone that the original ctf. is 13077
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
COLUMBIAN CHAPTER
COLUMBIA, MO.

Will you please send me Revolutionary
Penson of James Graham (1738-1834) served as a private in N.C. Troops fore died in Rowan Co. N.C. Wife Margaret Porter

Also Isaac Riggs of North Carolina

Thanking you very much I am Sincerely

(Mrs. J. Frank) Stella A. Thompson
11Kuhllman Court
Columbia Mio.
Court

Stamp: Revolutionary & 1812 Wars, Bureau of Pensions, Feb. 19, 1930
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Harrisburg, Pa., May 12, 1924

Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly inform me if you have any Revolutionary war records of James Graham, born about 1758 in Rowan Co. N.C. he married Margaret Porter. He is said to have served under Genl. Gates at Camden, and died about 1834,

Richard Dixon, lived in Lancaster Co.
Penna, and enlisted there in 1775, served as private and later as some kind of officer.

Thanking you in advance for this information, I am

Yours very truly,
Joseph Montgomery 2nd
309
Chestnut Street,
Harrisburg, Penna
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Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C

Dear Sirs:

Will you please send at once to my address a copy of the war record of James Graham of Rowan Co. N.C.
Will appreciate this his courtesy more than I can now express

Respt
Mrs. N.A. McLean
Lumberton, N. C.

Jan 31-14
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O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
July 24, 1907
Searched by - A Wilson
Original No. - blank
Certificate No. - blank
Claimant, - blank
Soldier, - James Graham
Service, - N. C. Rev.
Remarks:  - no claims as above
except. S.F. 8623.
Chief of Division.
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United States Post Office,
Salisbury
Rowan County
No Car State
July 20, 1907
Respectfully referred to Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C
Any information you may be able to give me about James Graham a NC Revolutionary
Soldier will be very much appreciated
Very Respectfully
James H Ransay
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CASTON GA.
JUNE 1, 1912
S. 8632
COMMISSIONER OF PRISIONS
DEAR SIR.
COULD YOU GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ABOUT BY ANCESTOR JAMES GRAHAM OF THE REVOLUTION - HE ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN N. C.  EITHER FROM ROWAN, IREDELL OF MECKLENBERG COUNTIES -
WE HAVE THE HORN THAT HE CARRIED THROUGH.  COUDN'T YOU POSSIBLY TELL ME TO WHOM HE WAS MARRIED ETC AND DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HIS SON JOHN GRAHAM SERVED IN THE SAME WAR OR 
NOT? IN PENSIONS, THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FIND MORE ABOUT HEIRS THAN I CAN POSSIBLE FIND FROM ANY OTER SOURCE. 

AND WILL YOU {ILLEGIBLE] ME ABOUT DONALDSONS, [ILLEGIBLE], [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] AND FROM SAME SECTION - [ILLEGIBLE] ARE ALSO MY LINEAL ANCESTORS?

THANKING YOU FOR ALL THE AID YOU WILL GIVE,
SINCERELY,
(Miss) Catherine R. Dillon
Clarkston, Ga
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1907 July 27 - Hist to Jas. H. Ramsay
1912 June 11. To Miss Catherine R. Dillon
1914 Feb. 7. Hist. to Mrs. N. A. McLean &
1924 Hist. to Joseph Montgomery [illegible]
1930 Apr. 15 Hist to Mrs J. Frank Thompson [illegible]

8623
INVALID.
File No. - 8623
James Graham
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th [illegible]
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 154
Arrangement of 1870.}
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James Graham
[rest of document illegible]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
James Graham
which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? -blank
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout[sic] of pension he is entitled? - No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witness
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? - blank
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For -----year ----- months, and ----- days, I served as a
----- and for and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.