Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13204, Amos Graham, Va.
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Service VA. Graham, Amos Number S. 13204 
Carded 
Contents
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7079
Kentucky
Amos Graham
of Washington Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Barnett of the regt commanded
by Col. Campbell in the Virginia ma
for 12 mn. from '77

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Febry
1833 and sent to 
Hon. R. M. Johnson H of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833.. $ 80.00
semi=anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 20.00
$100

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. William Clerk
Book 8? Vol. 7 Page 10


Date of death not on aB?
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. 01 _ 10.101
Amos Graham
Revolutionary Soldier
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State of Kentucky
Washington County}
This day Amos Graham a soldier 
of the Revolution came before me a jus-
tice of the peace and made oath to the following
statement viz. I volunteered in the Militia Service
of the State of Virginia in the fall 1776 under Capt
Barnett and served a three month term against
the Cherokee Indians in which we burn several of
the Indian towns and again in the year 1777
I volunteered under Capt Easton of Col Hugh Crockett
Regiment and served two tours of three months 
each making six months to guard the lead 
mines on New River waters _ Stock creek, and 
again I entered the company of Capt McClanahan 
of Col Campbells Regiment and was in the battle 
Guilford at which time I served three months
making in the whole twelve months of malitia 
service in the Militia of the State of Virginia, and 
I was a faithful soldier during the whole time 
of each tour and was honorably discharged from 
the same at the end of each term – but I have 
long since lost or mislaid my discharges and I 
am not now neither have I ever been a pensioner 
on the U States and I hereby release all other claims 
to a pension, I am now in my 72d year of 
age and infirm, Therefore I pray that a Pension 
be allowed. Witness my hand this 10 day of July 
1832 Amos hisXmark Graham
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Washington County Viz) This day formally appeared
Amos Graham a revolutionary soldier and ____ and made oath to the truth of the above statement given under my hand this day 10 July 1832---M. Pendleton

This day personally appeared before he a Justice of the piece for Washington County x 11th of Kentucky Charles Hungate pension ^ John McKittricksin and made oath that it was generally reported and believed that Amos Graham did serve in the revo- lutionary war as above ___ to by said question this 10th day of July
M. Pendleton

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Washington County ___ ___
I John Hughes Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do herby certify that Micajah Pendleton Esq whose signatures are affixed to the above Certificates is now and was on the 10th day of July 1832 an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County only commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer and oath
In Testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 16th day of July 1832.
John Hughes CC
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Washington County Ky ___
We Turner Smith a Clergyman residing in the County of Washington and Richard Bunch a revolutionary soldier residing in the same County do hereby certify an oath in __ Court that we are well acquainted into Amos Graham who has __ and __ to the above and forgiving declaration and that we believe that he is 72 years of age as he has stated and we have also __ into him as to the particulars of his service, and we have further stated that his is respected and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and in this opinion we Concur __ our hands this 17th day of August 1832

___ ___ __ to in 6/20 w County
by Turner Smith + Richard Bunch
August 17th 1832
John Hughes and Turner Smith and Richard Bunch

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Washington circuit

August __ of the Washington Circuit Court 1832
This day came Amos Graham an applicant for a pen- sion as a Revolutionary Soldier hereinto Court and made oath to the bulk of the statement by him __ and the Court do hereby __ its opinion after investigation of the matter and putting the questions presented by the Department that the said Amos Graham was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he has  _ also appearing that Turner Smith a Clergyman and Richard Bunch Citizen of the County of Washington residing in the vicinity of the said Amos Graham are persons of good character and fair standing _ that the same is certified and I John Hughes Jr. Clerk of said Court
do certify that the _ contain the original proceedings of
Court in the matter of the application of Amos
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Graham for a pension

In testimony where of I have hereinto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 17th day of August 1832 in
the 41st year of the Commonwealth
John Hughes Jr. _


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Amos Graham
Revolutionary
Soldier
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July 11, 1939

Mrs. John P. Cook
1325 N. W. 19th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

BA-J/ILL
Amos Graham
S. 13204

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Amos Graham, who was a pensioner of Washington County, Kentucky.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 13204, based upon service of Amos Graham in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Amos Graham and the names of his parents are not shown.

Amos Graham enlisted in the fall of 1776, in Virginia, served three months as private in Captain Barnett's Virginia company and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; he enlisted sometime in 1777, served two tours of three months each as private in Captain Easton's company, Colonel Hugh Crockett's Virginia regiment and guarded the lead mines on New River; he enlisted sub-sequently, served three months as private in Captain McClanahan's company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment and was in the battle of Guilford.

Amos Graham was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1833, at which time he resided in Washington County, Kentucky. The soldier was then in his seventy-second year. He made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting
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Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Amos Graham
Certificate #7079
Issued February 28, 1833
Rate $40 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1833
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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January 8, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. James E. Handley
490 W. Walnut Street
Franklin, Indiana
RA-J/EEL
Amos Graham- S.13204
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request informa-
tion in regard to Lewis Rose and Amos Graham, soldiers of the Revo-
lutionary War.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty 
land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a Lewis or Louis Rose. You are furnished herein  the history of Amos Graham, the data for which were obtained from pension claim, S.13204, based upon the military service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Amos Graham are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

He enlisted in the state of Virginia in the fall of 1776, served  three months as a private in Captain Barnett's Virginia Company and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians; he enlisted some-
time in 1777, served two tours of three months each as a private in Captain Easton's Company, Colonel Hugh Crockett's Virginia Regiment and guarded the lead mines on New River; he again enlisted, date not given, served three months in Captain McClanahan's Company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was at the battle of Guilford.

Could not identify officers

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, in Washington County, Kentucky, at which time he was in his seventy-second year.

There are no data as to soldier's family. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revo-
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lutionary War pensioner, Amos Graham(S.13204) you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, citing the following data;

Amos Graham, Certificate No. 7079, issued February 28, 1833,
rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1833,
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Address. Mrs. John P. Cook
1325 n.w 19th St. Oklahoma City Okla.
Oklahoma City. Okla
May 20- 1939
U. S. Bureau of Pensions
Rev. Section
Dear Sirs
I find in the records where
Amos Graham ^ age 74 of Washington County, Kentucky a VA. militia- -
man was granted a pension
in 1835. Will you be so good as
to give me the information which
this pension gives on where in Virginia
Amos Graham lived and whatever
other personal data is given?
This will be a great help for
family history - Thanking you in
advance I am
yours truly
1325 N.W. 19th St. Okla City Okla. Blanche H. Cook (Mrs. John P.)
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Mrs. James G. Handley
490 North Walnut Street
Franklin, Ind. Dec, 20th 1933

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
assistant to administrator,
Dear Sir:
You have been very kind to
send me data for which I thank you very 
much and again I am asking you for the
data of Lewis ^ Louis Rose and from the informa-
tion I have received, I feel there must
be two men by the ame name if so
please send me data for both men.
Also the data for Amos Graham, a pen-
sioner. One Lewis Rose is my ancestor
and I have a Graham ancestor but thro a
mistake I am having difficulty in getting
my Graham line established.
Thanking you very much for past favors
I am
very respectfully yours.
Mrs. James E. Handley
490 N. Walnut St.
Franklin Ind.
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Revolutionary

13204
INVALID.
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File No. 13204
Amos Graham
Prive. Rev. War

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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vole. 1, Page 1 B? -3

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1934-Jan 8-first to Mis James E.
Handley 

1939. July 11- sent to Mrs. John P. Cook  - EEL/ILL
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Amos Graham
from 177 private
12 months,
$40.

Hon. R. M. Johnson
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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 
Amos Graham        which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

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?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulation?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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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 revolu-
tionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it?
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?
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?
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?
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?
XVI. + Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? not _
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 recol-
lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For-------
year------- months, and -------days, I served as a ---------- For ------ months
and ------days, I served as a---------; 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 in-
definite, 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 objection-
able. 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 em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.
tQUERE 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 magis-
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
tQUERE 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 cer-
tificate 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 of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.