Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23151, Ephraim Graffum, Mass.
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Mass. Graffum, Ephraim 23/5/
Sarah
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1055
Maine
Sarah Graffum
Map
widow of Ephraim Graffum
who was a Private
in the Mass. line in 14 mis + [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 97 Dollars + 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of July, 1843 and sent to Eben: Everett Blaneroielt Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 5.
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Sarah Graffum's application for a Pension
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State of Maine
County of Lincoln Ss.
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1839. Personally appeared before me Nathaniel Groton Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said County - Sarah Graffum of Brunswick in the State aforesaid aged Eighty years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows: - That she is the widow of Ephraim Graffum late of said Brunswick, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war and who according to her best knowledge & belief enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain William Lithgow in the month of March 1776 and was in actual service, under said enlistment at Falmouth now Portland in Maine, and other places under said Lithgow nine months - and that afterwards in the year 1778 her said Husband enlisted & [illegible] the Continental service and served for the term of eight months or more, in a company in a Company commanded by Capt Tyler, in Colonel Poor's Regiment and in General McDougal's Brigade, and at the expiration of his service was honorably discharged at West Point. that at the time of her said husband's several enlistments he resided in the town of Brunswick
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in the then Province of Maine. She further on oath declares that she has no documentary Proof of her said Husbands service, but refers therefor to the Rolls in the office of the War Department. she further declares, that she was married to the said Ephraim Graffum on the eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty-one at Harspwell Maine by the The Reverent Samuel Eaton - and that her said husband died at Brunswick on the 25th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen Hundred & ninety four, to wit at the time above stated, and that she continues the widow of said Ephraim Graffum, and has not been married to any person since his death.
Sarah Graffum her X mark
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
[signed] Nathl. Groton Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln
Witnessed [illegible]
of Sarah Graffum
[signed] Moses Everett
[signed] Susan Graffum
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State of Maine
County of Lincoln Ss
Be it known that on this 28th day of August A.D. 1839 - Personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, the same being a Court of Record. & Keeping a record of wills & estates of persons deceased, - Sarah Graffum before named & the foregoing declration being recorded to writing by her declaration & read to her she subscribed her name thereto and made solemn oath that the same is true. I further certify that on account of age & infirmity, the said Sarah Graffum is unable to attend in open Court to make the foregoing declaration.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of said Court to be affixed. the day & year above written.
[signed] Nathl. Groton Judge of said Court.
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23.138 gme
36.109 gm
1 107 - 2 [illegible]
104  3.11
9.4
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Extract from the records of marriages, kept by the late Revd. Samuel Eaton pastor of the Congregational Society in Harpswell, remaining in my custody. 
"Ephraim Graffum & Sarah Gardner were married eleventh of March, seventeen hundred and eighty one" 
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
"11 March 1781."
[signed] Hutson Meryman} Parish Clerk

State of Maine
Cumberland Co.} Ss.
I Hutson Meryman above named depose and say:  that I hold the office of clerk of the congregational parish in the town county & state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said parish with the exception above named as certified by me.
[signed] Hutson Meryman} Clerk of the congregational parish in Harpswell County of Cumberland & State of Maine

State of Maine
Cumberland Co} Ss. Septr. 12. 1839
Sworn to before
[signed] Ebenr. Everett Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Edward Little and Ebenr Everett are Magistrates.
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are duly qualified to act as such; that the said Little's Commission is dated February 26th A.D. 1835 and will expire February 26th A.D. 1842. and the said Everett's Commision is dated June 27th AD 1837 and will expire June 27 A.D. 1844
and that the following signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this second day of October Anno Domini 1839.
[signed] Charles Cobb Clerk.
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I Robert Anderson of Lewiston in the State of Maine aged eighty three years on oath declare, that I enlisted into the service of the United States in April or May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight for the term of eight months and in the early part of June of that year went to West Point in New York and there joined the continental army in a company commanded by Capt. Tyler, in Col. Poors regiment, and Gen. McDougals brigade, and was discharged on or about the first of March 1779. At the time of my enlistment I resided in that part of North yarmouth which is now Freeport in the State, then District of Maine. I was at that time perfectly well acquainted with Ephraim Graffum, then belonging to the adjacent town of Brunswick. that he enlisted with me into the same service & that we served together during the said term of eight months, where we were honorably discharged. I used to be in the same [illegible] with him in the army. I have known him since the war; he died about twenty years ago leaving his widow Sarah Graffum, who is still living & remains his widow, not having since been married, and resides at Brunswick.
[signed] Robert Anderson
State of Maine Cumberland Ss. September 9th 1839
Then appeared Robert Anderson, whom I certify to be a person of good reputation for truth & veracity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement before
[signed] Edward Little Justice of the Peace
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I Philip Owen of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, Esquire, aged eighty three years on oath declare, that in the early part of the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, [illeg] to the best of my recollection as to the date, I enlisted into the state service under Capt William Lithgow and served at that post of Falmouth which is near Portland for the term of about 9 months. I think the company was disbanded about twelve days before the expiration of the nine months. I was then well acquainted with Ephraim Graffam, who then belong'd to Brunswick. The said Ephraim Graffam enlisted into the same company & served the same time, as I verily believe & am confident, that I did enlist & serve & was discharged. We were part of the Regiment of Col. Mitchell of North Yarmouth & Daniel Holey was major. I have been ever since acquainted with the said Graffam till his decease & [volunteerd?] that he served afterwards in the revolutionary army. He died many years ago. I am acquainted with Sarah Graffam, his widow, who has always resided in Brunswick & still remains unmarried and the widow of the said Ephraim  & no one else. The words "his decease" [illegible] Philip Owen State of Maine Cumberland & Brunswick September 17, 1839. Then the aforementioned Philip Owen, a person of good reputation for truth & veracity, personally appeared and was sworn to the truth of the foregoing state-ment before Eben'r Everett Justice of the Peace.
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Sarah Griffam
6190
Me [Maine]
Act 7 July 38
m81.
bal. 23 138 an pri 8 mos
36 104
107
109
3.11
2.23
3
17.4
Adm @
17.4 as pri [private]
57.10
no deduction Eben Everett Brunswick Me
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State of Maine
To all whom this may concern
??? - I Jacob Smith, clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the Courty of ---, do hereby certify the Nathaniel Groton? Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a " Judge of Probate" is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act s such, and that the name so affixed it his own proper signature, to me well known.
In testimony whereof I have herounts set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court Middle District this 10th day of September A.D. 1839

Jacob Smith Clerk

The words ---- by me
Jacob Smith Clerk
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I Susan Graffam of Brunswick State of Maine aged forty years on oath declare that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Graffam who died in Brunswick on the 25th day of June 1819 and have often heard him say he was in the army of the Revolution he was the husband of the widow Sarah Graffam now of Brunswick who is about eighty years of age. I have known the widow Sarah Graffam who applies for a pension ever since the death of her said Husband and know that she has not married any man since the death of said Ephraim Graffam
[signed] Susan Graffam
Lincoln Co August 28 1839 Personally appeared Susan Graffum above named and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same is true. I further certify that she is a person truth and that her statements made under oath are entitled to full credit. Witness my hand Nath[aniel] Groton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln
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1441
Sarah Gaffum
$57.10 per an[num]
Eben Everett
Brunswick Maine
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State of Maine
Cumberland County Ss.
On this twenty ninth day of April AD 1843,
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of 
the Peace within & for the said County of Cumberland
Sarah Graffum, a resident of Brunswick in the said
County of Cumberland aged eighty four 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 in the act of Congress passed
on the third of March 1843, granting pensions to Widows
of persons who served during the revolutionary war;
That she is the Widow of Ephraim Graffum, late
of said Brunswick, who was a private in the revolutionary
army of the United States, and served according to her
best knowledge & belief in a company of infantry commanded by Capt. William Lithgow in or about the year
1776, and afterwards in a company commanded by Capt.
Tyler in Colonel Poor's regiment, and that she was a
pensioner under the act of Congress passed July 7th
1838 and received the annual amount of fifty seven dollars & ten cents; she further declares that she is still a widow
(the word "four" first interlined)
Witness to Sarah Graffum
mark, Eben Everett
Joseph Graffum
Sarah [illegible] Graffum

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above
written before me. I further certify that the said declarant is
personally known to me, I having been employed by her to
procure her former pension above alluded to, and that she is
person of good reputation for truth
Eben Everett, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF MAINE
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb - Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that
Ebenezer Everett is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated June 27th A.D. 1837 and will expire June 27. A.D. 1844
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Seventeenth day of May -
Anno Domina 1843.
Charles Cobb, Clerk
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Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City [illegble]
6190 Me [Maine] Oct 8
July 7 1838
[postal stamp - illegible] FREE
Sarah Gaffum Widow of Ephraim
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Brunswick Me [Maine] Oct. 2 1839
Hon J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I enclose with [illegible] depositions the application of Mrs. Sarah Graffum for a pension under the law of July 7 1838. 
If her application is sustained, please send the certificate directed to me at Brunswick, Maine by mail.
Very respectfully
Eben Everett
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1441
July 31 43
Maine March 3 1843 
ch
Dorcas Dunlap
Eliz Hall
Sarah Graffam
[postal stamp] Brunswick [illegible]
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
Free
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Brunswick Me [Maine] May 27 1843
J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, I enclose the declarations of Sarah Graffum Elizabeth Hall and Dorcas Dunlap for renewal of pensions under the act of Congress passed Mrch 3 1843. Please enclose the new certificates, when granted addressed to me, at Brunswick, Me.
I am a widow in other respects entitled to have had a pension under the act of July 1838, but whose husband died since March 4 1841, received the one years pension under the act of last March?
An answer to the above query on receipt of this will confer a favor on yours respectfully
Ebn Everett
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Maine 4831
Sarah Graffum
widow of Ephraim Graffum dec'd [deceased] who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the 25 June 1819 of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lithgow of the regt [regiment] commanded by Col. Poor in the [illegible] line for 17 ms 4 ds
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 57 dollars 10 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jany [January] 1840 sent to Eben Everett, Brunswick, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th Sept [September] 1839 $199.85
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar [March] 4 28.55
$228.40
Act July 7 1838
Recorded by D.M. Curdy Clerk
Book A Vol 1 Page 10
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23151
Sarah Graffum
Wid of
-
Ephraim Graffum
Priv Mass line
Act Mar 3rd 1843
Index: Vol A Page 292
(Arrangement of 1870.}