Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L Wt. 2288-300, Stephen Graham, Virginia Residence
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Graham, Stephen Number B.L.Va. 2288-300
Virginia residence
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Power of Attorney
Saunders and wife

Stephen Graham
Hon. Srgt Mate

Rec'd October 21st, 1842
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Stephen Graham
No. 2288
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[transcript incomplete; edit as necessary]

Know all were by those present that [all] Thomas Saunders and Catharine his wife late Catharine Laperouse of Nansemond County Virginia but now in the Town of Portsmouth Virginia do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Walther of Washington City our true and faithful attorney with power of substitution for our need in our names to ask demand from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the bounty land due us in right of the service of Our late grandfather Stephen Graham, a Hospital Surgeon's mate in the Army of the Revolution and to Locate or water the same as any of the Publick lands subject to sale at private entry and to obtain the Patuch for the same. Or to surrender the same at the general land office at Washington City for land [illegible] and to ask [illegible] and [illegible] for the certificates or land [illegible] and to endorse assign transfers and make sale of the some each is there or all of said made as he shall think Proper. In witness of which we have set our hands and seals this seventeenth day of October 1842, 
Witness
[Scribe's signature illegible]
Thomas Saunders [curly cue seal]
Catheron Sarah Saunders [curly cue seal]
here X mark

State of Virginia; Norfolk County}
Sirs, Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid county Thomas Saunders and Catharine his wife signed and sealed on the foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and and for the purposes therein named also the said Catharine being duly sworn according to the law Says that to the best of her knowledge and belief her late grandfather Stephen Graham was a Hospital Surgion's [Surgeon's] mate in the army of the Revolution that she has never needed a warrant from the United States for the bounty land due him in right of his said services neither each the Pention that her late grandfather never received it or transferred his right to the same in any manner whatsoever. Sworn... acknowledged before me this 17th day of October 1842.

Virginia
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of Norfolk County Court in the state of Virginia hereby certify that John P. Young who has given the preceding certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified to act as such according to the Constitution and Law of this State.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 17 day of October 1842 and in the 67th year of the Commonwealth
Arthur Emmerson [signed seal]
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Certificate of herewith
Stephen Grahams heirs
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Virginia.
At a Court begun and held for the County of Norfolk at the Courthouse on Monday the 17 day of October 1842.
On the motion of John A Chandler it was proven in open court to the satisfaction of the said Court by the oath of George W Long that Doctor Stephen Graham late of Nansemond County in said State reputed to have been a Hospital Surgeon's mate in the Army of the Revolution departed this life many years ago leaving two Daughters as his only children and heirs at law to wit Elizabeth S. and Mary Ann S Graham that Elizabeth S intermarried with Augustus Laperouse and departed this life about sixteen years ago leaving three daughters as her only heirs at law, to wit: Mary Ann (deceased) wife of Tully W Long, Louisa wife of John W Howell and Catharine wife of Thomas Saunders that Mary Ann S Graham the other daughter intermarried with James Wright and departed this life about seven years ago leaving four children all now living as her only hers at law to wit: Ann Eliza wife of John W Wilder John A. C. G. Wright, Emma Jane and Sarah Frances Wright and that Henrietta Long and Augustus Long are the two infant children of the said Marry Ann Long deceased all of which is ordered to be certified.
I Arthur Emmerson Clerk of the aforesaid Court hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the said Court 
Given under my hand and seal this seventeenth day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Forty two & of our Independence sixty seventh. 
Arthur Emmerson [seal]

[note: signature of Catharine [Sarah] Saunders in separate document spells as Catheron or Cathiron]
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[same as previous but with correction note overlaid]

Virginia.
At a Court begun and held for the County of Norfolk at the Courthouse on Monday the 17 day of October 1842.
On the motion of John A Chandler it was proven in open court to the satisfaction of the said Court by the oath of George W Long that Doctor Stephen Graham late of Nansemond County in said State reputed to have been a Hospital Surgeon's mate in the Army of the Revolution departed this life many years ago leaving two Daughters as his only children and heirs at law to wit Elizabeth S. and Mary Ann S Graham that Elizabeth S intermarried with Augustus Laperouse and departed this life about sixteen years ago leaving three daughters as her only heirs at law, to wit: Mary Ann (deceased) wife of Tully W Long, Louisa wife of John W Howell and Catharine wife of Thomas Saunders that Mary Ann S Graham the other daughter intermarried with James Wright and departed this life about seven years ago leaving four children all now living as her only hers at law to wit: Ann Eliza wife of John W Wilder John A. C. G. Wright, Emma Jane and Sarah Francis Wright and that Henrietta Long and Augustus Long [words cut off by overlaid correction note] children of the said Mary Ann Long

[overlaid correction note]
Clerks Office of Norfolk County Court the 25th day of October 1842
I hereby certify that in copying of the order of Court certifying the heirship of Stephen Graham dc'd the name of John S. C. G. Wright was incorrectly written John A. C. G. Wright.
Arthur Emmerson [with seal]

[note: signature of Catharine [Sarah] Saunders in separate document spells as Catheron or Cathiron]
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April 28, 1936
Miss Rosalie Fellows Bailey 1 East 93rd Street New York CityStephen Graham B.L. WT 2266-300 BA-J/MLB
[handwritten at top] mailed without review
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Graham or Stephen Curtis Graham who served as surgeon's mate during the Revolution in the Continental Army. You are furnished below the record of the only soldier name Stephen Graham, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in a claim for bounty land based upon his service in the Revolution. The records of this office show that Stephen Graham served as Hospital Surgeon's Mate in the Continental Army, War of the Revolution no record of the dates or length of service and other details are given. The name of Stephen Graham's wife is not given. Stephen Graham died in Nansemond County, Virginia, date not given, and was survived by two daughters, his only children and heirs at lat, amely: Elizabeth S. Graham who married Agustus Laperouse and died about 1826, and Mary Ann S. Graham who married James Wright and died about 1835. Stephen Graham's daughter, Elizabeth S. Laperouse was survived by three daughters whose names were as follow: Mary Ann, wife of Tully W/ Long, and in 1842 deceased; Louisa, wife of John W. Howell, and Catharine or Cathron Sarah who, with her husband Thomas Saunders, formerly of Nansemond County, Virginia, was in 1842 residing in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Stephen Graham's daughter, Mary S. Wright, was survived by four children, all of whom were living in 1842; their names were Ann Eliza, wife of John W. Wilder; John S.C. G. Wright; Emma Jane and Sarah Frances Wright. Mary Ann Long, deceased wife of Tully W. Long, and grand-daughter of Stephen Graham was survived by two children-Henrietta and Augustus Long. The name of one George W. Long appeared, also, in the claim but his relationship to Mary Ann was not shown. October 17, 1842, application was made in Norfolk County, Virginia for bounty land which was then due on account of the services of Stephen Graham as Surgeon's Mate in the Revolutionary War. Warrant No. 2288, for three hundred acres of bounty land, was issued November 1, 1842, in behalf of Louis Howell and other surviving heirs of Stephen Graham. [handwritten note:] this inf. was found on the old bounty land book.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land granted above, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance. Very truly yours A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[letterhead]
MISS ROSALIE FELLOWS BAILEY
GENEALOGIST
1 EAST 93rd STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Telephone: ATwater 9-8660

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Publication & member of the Research Committee
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Author of
PREREVOLUTIONARY DUTCH HOUSES AND FAMILIES IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK
being published under auspices of
HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

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Genealogists for
SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DECENDANTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Genealogist recommended by
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Reference by permission
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

[circular ink stamp]
RECEIVED APR 11 1936
MAIL SUB.DIV.
VETS ADM READER 5

[main body; typed]
April 9, 1936.
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
What record have you concerning one STEPHEN GRAHAM or STEPHEN CURTIS GRAHAM during the Revolutionary war?

He was a surgeon's mate in the Continental Army, stationed at Fishkill in 1778, and I believe at New Windsor at the end of the war.

I would appreciate receiving what information you may have concerning him.

Sincerely yours,
Rosalie Fellows Bailey [signature]