Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23673, Henry Graham, Penn.
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Penn
Graham, Henry
S.23673
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11455
Pennsylvania
Henry Graham
of Northumberland Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Pr & Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the [illegible] commanded by Col Crane in the Pennsylvania Militia
2 Mo. Ensign - 20.00
17 1/2 " Private 58.32
                          78.32
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 78- Dollars and 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of May and Sent to ~ 1833 John T. Wolfinger Nitten Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Marfch 1833 - 156.64
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept " 39.16
                                                          195.80
{Revolutionary Claim, Act Jun 7, 1832}
Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 21 
Date of death [illegible]
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Declaration of Henry Graham for a Pension
19215
[top portion cut off/damaged]
Justice before whom the affidavit of the aforesaid Henry Graham dated Nov. the 8th 1832 was taken. As [illegible] my hand and this seal of the said court this 15th day of April AD 1833-
Ed L Bright [illegible] for Chas. W. [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County
S.C.t-
On this twenty third day of August AD 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Seth Chapman this associates Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for said county in open court (the same being a court of record) Henry Graham a resident of Turbot township in the county of Northumberland Estate aforesaid aged 75 years and upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 - To wit - that he was born in Lancaster County in the state of Penna in the month of June 1757 where he resided till about the year 1790 when he removed to Turbot township in the county of Northumberland Estate of Penna where has since continued to reside - That in 1776 he at the age of 17 or 18 at Amboy in the state of New Jersey volunteered in a company of militia commanded by Captain William Brown wherein James McGrite was Lieutenant and David Ramsey Ensign. The company in which he volunteered was a part of what was called "The Flying Camp" which consisted of a great many battalions - They were stationed at Amboy where they staid two or three weeks - thence they went to Fort Lee on the back of the north or Hudson river where they staid nearly two months - They then went to Trenton where they remained about one week - thence they crossed the river into Penna & took their stand on the said river about one or two weeks. They were then discharged and returned home be this said Henry Graham having served between five and six months - In Dec of 1777 he was drafted in East Hanover in Lancaster (now Dauphine) county in a company commanded by Captain Ambrose Crane wherein James Stewart was Lieutenant - the Ensign is not now recollected. They were stationed
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at Lebanon in the county of Lancaster (now Dauphine) where they staid two months and were then discharged. In the fall of 1778 he was again drafted in the same place and in the same company commanded by Captain James McIgrate wherein James Stewart was Lieutenant and David Ramsey Ensign. They immediately marched to Whitemarsh near Philadelphia where they staid two months - they were then discharged and returned home. Late in the fall of 1779 he was again drafted in the same place and in the same company commanded by the same officers who served during the tour of 1778. They marched to Lancaster to guard the prisoners taken from Gen. Burgoyne - They staid there two months were then discharged and returned home. During the whole of this two months service he acted as Ensign having received a commission from Thomas Mifflin Governor of Penna. - In the fall of 1780 he was again drafted in the same place in the same company & same officers. The deponent does not now recollect where they first made a stand. The only place he recollects of being at at this time was Fort Freeland near Muncy in the County of Northumberland. This was after the capture of Fort Freeland. They followed the Indians about thirty miles up Lycoming Creek - did not overtake there - returned immediately home & were discharged after a service of about six weeks - In the fall of 1781 he was again drafted in the same place in the same company commanded by the same officers. They served two months but he does not precisely recollect where. In the fall of 1782 he volunteered in the same company commanded by the same officers - they served two months - He does not know where - but in the whole served for a period of about one year and six months. The deponent further states that he is unable to procure a witness who from personal knowledge can testify to his services in the revolution - that he is unable to produce a discharge in as much as he never received anything more than a verbal discharge and that his commission as Ensign has been lost by some means or other to him unknown. He further states that he has a record of his age in his Family Bible at home which he records with his age as given that he is known to the Rev. John Boyson, John Fulkerson, Bethuel Vincent, Col. Alexander Cummings formerly of this county and indeed to a great number of the old gentlemen of this county all of whom
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can testify in support of his veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or any annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. -
Interrogatories put to the applicant by the said court and his answers thereto -
1. Where & in what year were you born? I was born in Lancaster county in the state of Penna in June 1757-
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Ans. I have a record of my age in my Family Bible at home. 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live? Ans. I lived in the township of East Hanover in the county of Lancaster (now Dauphin) - since the revolution I have lived & now live in Turbot township in the county of Northumberland & state of Pennsylvania -
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Ans. The first & last time I was out I volunteered - every other time I was drafted.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental & militia regiments as you can recollect - and the general circumstances of your service - I recollect no regular officers except Gen ___ Ewen and Col ___ Klots of Lancaster - I recollect some continental & militia regiments but cannot tell their numbers - the general circumstances of my service are detailed in my declaration - 
6. Did you receive a discharge; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? I never received anything more than a verbal discharge - the commission which I received from Thomas Mifflin Governor of Penna is lost.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. Ans. Rev John Bryson - John Fulkerson, Bethnel Vincent
Sworn and subscribed before me Ed M Brighton Prob }
Henry Graham [hand signed]
We John Bryson a clergyman residing in Torbut township in the county of Northumberland and state of Penna and John Fulkerson of the township, count and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Graham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been
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a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid before me
Ed Y Bright Prob }
John Bryson [signed in own hand]
John Fulkerson [signed in own hand]

And the said court to hereby declare their opinion after 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 that he served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Bryson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman - and that John Fulkerson who has also signed the same is a credible person - that they reside in the place in said certificate mentioned and that their statement is entitled to credit. }
Seth Chapman [signed in own hand]
Henry Shaffson [signed in own hand]
Jacob Gearhart [signed in own hand]
[Side notation No 2839]

I Edward Y Bright - clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Northumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Graham for a pension. In virtues whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said court this 23d day of August- AD 1832-
Ed Y Bright P[illegible] [signed in own hand]
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Northumberland County j.c.t.}
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for said county Henry Graham the applicant above named who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades: For six months in 1776 I served as a private in the state of New Jersey in the company commanded by William Brown [illegible] as stated in my declaration: For two months in 1777 I served as a private in the state of Penna in a company commanded by Ambrose Crane [illegible] as stated in my declaration: For two months in 1778 I served as a private in the same state, in the same company commanded by James McGrite [illegible] as stated in my declaration: For two months in 1779 I served as an Ensign in the same state & in the same company, commanded by the same officers of 1778 as stated in my declaration: For six weeks in 1780 served as a private in the same state & in the same company commanded by the same officers as stated in my declaration: For two months in 1781 I served as a private in the same state & in the same company commanded by the same officers as stated in my declaration: For two months in 1782 I served as a private in the same state and in the same company commanded by the same officers as stated in my declaration - making in the whole a period of one year and seven months and a half, two months of which I acted as Ensign; and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn & Subscribed this 8th day of Nov AD 1832. Jos Bound [hand written]
Henry Graham [sign in his own hand]
I Edward Y. Bright clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Northumberland in the state of Penna do hereby certify that Joseph Bound who has certified that the preceding affidavit was made and duly sworn to by the above named Henry Graham before him is a justice of the peace legally authorized to act as such and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of Nov AD 1832 - 
Ed. Y Bright [illegible] [signed in his own hand]
[illegible] Chas L Hegins [illegible] [signed in his own hand]
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Northumberland County S.C.T.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in the above declaration named who being duly sworn deposeth and saith in answer to the objection that "No Colonel is mentioned" - that the field officers who commanded over the companies of which the company in which he served formed a part, were Gen _____  Ewen of York county (as the deponent believes) in the state of Pennsylvania and Colonel _____ Klots   of the county of Lancaster in the state aforesaid and that the names of these two officers have already been mentioned in this declaration. And in reply to the objection that he has "not mentioned with precision to the length of his service." the deponent saith that he stated the facts and the length of his service in his affidavit made before me the subscriber on the 8th day of Nov. AD 1832 with as much precision as he can, and that he knows no words in the English language that can make the said facts plainer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me  this 4th day of April AD 1833 - Jos. BounD (signed in his own hand)
Henry Graham (signed in his own hand)

Northumberland County S.C.T.} J. Edward Y. Bright clerk of the court 
of common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Joseph Bound whose signature is attached to the present affidavit is the same Justice before whom the affidavit of the aforesaid Henry Graham dated the 8th 1832 was taken. As [illegible] my hand and the seal of the said court this 15th day of April AD 1833 - 
Edward Y Bright - [illegible] [written in his own hand]
Chas W. Hegins [illegible] [written in his own hand]
Declaration of Henry Graham for a Pension.  19215
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19215
H. Graham
25th March 1833
Obj 5.b.
Jnt. 5
P312
AD Md
2 ms. Ensign $20.-
17 1/2 " Private 58.32
$78.32
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Brief in the case of Henry Graham of Turbut Township County of Northumberland in the State of Pensylvania (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 75
4. State his service, as direct in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service Years, Months, Days, | Rank. As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
In 1776 | between 5 & 6 mos - | Private | Cap. Brown
1777 - | 2 | " | " Crane
1778 - | 2 | " | " M Grite
1779 - | 2 | Ensign | " " "
1780 - | 1 - 12 | Private | " " "
1781 - | 2 | " | " " "
1782 - | 2 | " | " " "

5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service: Lancaster Co. Pensylvania
7. In his statement supported by living {illegible} proof, by traditionary evidence, [illegible] incidental evidence, or by rolls? Traditionary Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

A.B. Thruston [signed in his own hand] Examining Clerk.
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May 4, 1932
Henry Graham-S.23673
BA-J/EEL
Miss Frances C. Huston
1567 Rosewood Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Henry Graham, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The date furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.23673, based upon the military service of Henry Graham in that war.
Henry Graham was born in June, 1757, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing at East Hanover, Lancaster (that part which was later Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered and served with Pennsylvania Troops as follows: from sometime in 1776, six months as private in Captain William Brown's Company of the Flying Camp; from December, 1777, two months as private in Captain Ambrose Crain's Company; from the fall of 1778, two months, from late in the fall of 1779, two months, from the fall of 1780, six weeks, from the fall of 1781, two months, and from the fall of 1782, two months, all of which service was rendered as a private in Captain James McGrite's (possibly meant for McCright) Company, except the two months service in the fall of 1779, when he served as ensign, his commission being issued by Governor Mifflin, of Pennsylvania; during all of this service he was under Colonel Klots, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
In 1790, he moved to Turbut Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832.
The only name of a child given is a daughter, Jane McGuire, who in 1851, was residing in Lewis Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The name of her mother is not given and there are no further data as to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator.
Date of death not in AB [handwritten]
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for a statement of the military history of Henry Graham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [previous 3 words crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[chart follows; column headings read:]  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  CAPTAIN. |  COLONEL |  STATE.

1776 | 6 mos. | Pvt. | William Brown | willie Flying Camp | [blank]

Dec. 1777 | 2 mos. | " | Ambrose Crane | Klots | Pa.

Fall of 1778 | 2 mos. | " | James McGrite | [check mark] | [blank]

Late fall of 1779 | 2 mos. | Ensign | "   "  " | [check mark] | [blank]

Fall of 1780 | 6 weeks | Pvt | "  "  " | [check mark] | [blank]

Fall of 1781 | 2 mos. | " | "  "  " | {check mark} | [blank]

Fall of 1782 | 2 mos | " | "  "  " | [check mark] | [blank]

[end chart]

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 23, 1832 - Allowed - [check mark]
Residence at date of application, Turbut Twp, Northumberland Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, Born Lancaster Co. Pa. June 1757
Remarks:  Jane McGuire living in Northumberland Co. Pa. in 1851 was soldiers daughter.  No further family data.
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Henry Graham
Pens @act@ 32
Penns.
_______________________
Ex by McWade
Dec 8 - 1851
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Lewis Township Northumberland County Pa July 25 1851
To the Commissioner of Pensio
Dr Sir
Please to allow W G Wade of Rose Wayne Co N.Y. To reopen & investigate the claim of Henry Graham late [crossed out] My father late a pensioner of the United States.
I am Sir respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Jane MGuire
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Miss F.C. Euston
1567 Rosewood Ave.
Lakewood, Ohio

Dear Sirs,
In order to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, it is necessary for me to have certain information.  I would appreciate it very much if you would send me all the information you have concerning Henry Graham.  He was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on the Sixth of June 1757 and died in Pennsylvania on the Fourth of May 1836.  He was married to Elizabeth Ferguson in 1788.
Thanking you in advance, I am Sincerely yours,
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Miss Frances C. Euston
1567 Rosewood Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio
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Pension Office
Washington D.C.

A lady in our city wishes to join our local chapter of the D.A.R.  She has three great grandfathers who served in the Revolutionary War and they all enlisted from Pennsylvania.  The Pa. records having been burned she is having trouble proving their services.  Thinking that
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one or all of them may have drawn pensions.  I will send their names to you and will ask that you kindly look it up for me and let me know as soon as possible.

Their names are as follows
Henry Graham
Andrew Foster
John Sharmon [Shannon]

If you find any record of pensions paid to any please address


(circular seal/stamp)
U.S. Pension Office
Sep 23 1907
B
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your reply to
Mrs. Luther Derwent
Regent Rockford Chapter of the D.A.R.
Rockford Ill.
Sept. 20 1907

(circular seal/stamp)
U.S. Pension Office
Sep 23 1907
B
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Milton April 20th 1833

Dear Sir 
In closed I send you the Pension claims of John Roan and Henry Graham.

The objection to Mr. Roan's was the want of a piece of tape or ribbon.  This is now supplied & the reason given why it was not done sooner.

The objections to Mr Graham's were
1. "no colonel mentioned."  This was not the fact for the colonel is mentioned in his 5th answer to the questions put by the court and now stated again in his affidavit of the 4th April 1833

2. that he had not stated the length of his service in the sufficient precision.  I think he has.  Can anything be plainer than I served "in the whole "a period of one year and seven months and a half, two months of which lasted as Ensign, and and for such service I clam a pension."  Is not this "precision"?  If it is not - then I don't know what precision is.  I think your Honor must have been in a great hurry when this claim was (illegible).

Yours truly
Jon. F Wolfinger
Milton North Co. Penna
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[document divided into 2 sectons]
[Section 1:]
23673
INVALID.
[Written at an angle to the left is "Revolution"]
______
le No. 23.673
Henry Graham
Pri Rev War
_________
Act:  June 7 "32"
dex: - Vol. 2, Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Section 2:]
1907 Oct. 15 Hist. to Mrs. 
1982 - May 4. Hist to
Miss F. C. Euston   EEL