Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3082, Frederick Graeff, Penn.
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Penn. Graeff, Frederick W 3082
Margaretta
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[Left side of page]
1.531.
Pennsylvania
Margarettta Graeff
[] of Frederick Graeff decd.
Penn
who was a pensioner under the Act of 
[said] who died on the 9th March 1818 
Berks Co. in the State of Pa
who was a private in the company commanded [] Captian Van Heer of the --- commanded by ---- in the Pa
line for [] [] of Cav[]
[] on the Roll of Pa
rate of 66 Dollars67 Cents per annum
commenced on the 4th day of March 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the ' day of Jany.1838 and sent {Hory]
G.M. Reim [] of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838    $166.67
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Ma[] 33.33
[Total]                             $200.00

{ Act July 7, }
{   1838.     }

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book A.  Vol. 2 Page 152

[right side of page]
let 9 Jan '39 N. J. [Sargent]
claim for increase
Rejected - See Letter to
M. E. Kerrnaugh Jany 3. 1854
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V 2447
Margaret Graeff
Pennsylvania
[on left side 90 degrees] Prothonotary

on final [acttlend] certif

[][] 1 page
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
As this 8th day of August One Thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me Mathias P. Richards, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks, in the State of Pennsylvania Margareth Graeff widow of Frederick Graeff decd. of the County and State aforesaid Aged Seventy four years, she being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in Order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed July 3rd, 1836. That she is the widow of Frederick Graeff who was duly Enlisted in the Service of the United States in the War of the Revolution against the then Common Enemy Enlisted for and during the Revolutionary War and as near as her memory serves her was in the year 1780 or 1781 Enlisted a private in the Borough of Reading, County + state aforesaid a Private in the Company of Light Dragoons commanded by Captain Bartholomew Von Heer and that her said Husband Continued his said services in the Company aforesaid until the close of the said war untile [sic] Late in the fall of the year AD 1783 when he was Honorably discharged for his said services by the hands of Captain Von Heer that Discharge she has not in her power and that by [antue] of her said Husbands services he was entitled to receive from the Untied States 100 Acres Land Bounty reference to the proper office at the City of Washington D. C will more fully appear, and that her said Husband was Enlisted as aforesaid on the same day on which Andrew Hose was Enlisted + the Company aforesaid she therefore humbly requests that the proper officer of the War Department will search the Records were he will find that her said Husband Frederick Graeff served to the close of the war aforesaid and thus he was entitled for his said services to 100 acres Bounty Land and she further declares that she was Lawfully Married to the said Frederick Graeff in the township of Bern County + State aforesaid on the thirteenth day of September of the year seventeen hundred
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and seventy nine by William Boas Paoter of the German Reformed Congregatien and that she has not a Church Record of her marriage and that she had obtained a Marriage Certificate which was in the Hand writing of William Boas Pastor as aforesaid and taht she has in her power a credible witness to prove her Marrriage as aforesaid Namely Henry Rhine of the County + State aforesaid + that the Marriage Certificate aforesaid Frederick Graeff died on the 7th day of March AD One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen in Bern Township County of Berks {ena. and that she has remained a widown ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto anesced by sworn to and subscribed on the 8th day of August AD 1837 before me
Matthias V. Richards 

Margaret [her mark] Graeff

State of Pennsylvania
Berks County Sirs:
On this 9th day of August AD 1837 in open Court of Common Pleas 
now sitting for the County of Berks, in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared Henry Rhine a Resident of the County and State aforesaid before the Honorable John Banks resident and his associate Judges of the said Court who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath Depose + says that he was personally acquainted with the applicant Margareth Graeff above Named + her decd Husband Frederick Graeff from his youth to the present time + that the applicant above Named that her maiden Name was Margareth Machamer and that above Named Margareth Graeff was Married to Frederick Graeff To this Deponent own knowledge on the thirteenth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine and that their is no Church record of her said Marriage and that he was Joined into
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
On this 9th day of August AD 1837 in open Court of Common Pleas [avried] since the decease of her said Husband and has remained a widow ever since the Decease of her said Husband 

Henry [Rhint]
Sworn to and subscribed in .        }
open Court before the Judges of }
the said Court on this 9th day      }
of August AD 1837. -                     }
Als Witinan Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania
Berks County Sirs I Matthias S Richards a Judge of the Court of Commen [sic] Pleas in and for the County of Berks Penna. do hereby Certify that the foregoing Named Margareth Graeff who has sworn + subscribed me Name to the foregoing Declaration that she is unable to attend the Court of Record of which I am one of the Judges I have therefore in pursuance of an act of Congress administered to her the foregoing oath she being unable to attend said Court by reason of Bodily infirmities I further Certify that she is a credible Person + that on her Oath + Declaration made that Credit is due her and of Right ought to her be given and Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + subscribed my Name on this 9th day of August AD 1837
Matthias S Richards
a Judge of Berks County Penn.
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and the said Court do hereby Declare their opinion that the applicant Margareth Graeff was Married to her said Husband at Frederick Graeff as is stated in the foregoing and the said Court do further certify that Henry Rhine who has sworn and subscribed his Name to the foregoing is a reliable Person and that on his oath and statements made [] is due him and of Right ought to him be given
[] Banks
Pres Judge


I Alexander N Whitman Prothonetary of  the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Judges of the said Court in the  matter of the application of Margareth Graeff widow for a Pension I also certify that all the signatures hereunto anesced are all true + genuine Signatures ad in Testimony where of  I have hereunto affix the seal of the said Court + Subscribe my  Name + quality on this 9th day of August AD One Thousand eight hundred + thirty seven 
Alex Whitman
Prothonotary
[on bottom 90 degrees]
V 2447
Margaret Graeff
Pennsylvania

on final [] certif [][] 1 page
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Margaret Graeff
(dec'd wid of Frederick Pa
Susp p 218

Avish to see papers

L. B. True
Atty in this case
Washington D.C
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Susp'd "Proof of Marriage not satisfactory."
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{POWER OF ATTORNEY.}
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Isaac Graeff ---
------, of the County of Berks ------- and State
of Pennsylvania, for and in consideration of duties + good reason me dieu unto [uncrning] ----do hereby make, constitute, and appoint, L. BLANCHARD TRUE, of Washington City, D. C., ----- my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to examine all papers filed in any Department or Office of Government, upon which a Revolutionary Pension was granted to Margarette Graeff dec'd, widow of Frederick
Graeff on account of the military services of Frederick Graeff dec'd and to obtain, by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to the heirs of the said dec'd, by virtue of said services, as private in the Company of Capt.  dragoons in the Regiment of [blank] and in the of [blank] And for good and sufficient reasons I do hereby
REVOKE AND CANCEL any and all other Powers of Attorney and authority whichI may at any former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes; and I do
hereby vest the same irrevocably in my said Attorney herin appointed, said L Blanchard
True.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24 day of March, in the year A.D. 1854

In presence of 
[] L [] [] appoint to all true heirs
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Sherman, formerly Hannah Graeff, Elizabeth Graeff, and Margaret Mean, formerly Margaaret Graeff, And this deponent doth further state, that he was present at the funeral ceremonies of the said Margaret Graeff, dec which took place in Berks County, State of Pennsylvania, sometime in the year 1842, the particular date of the month not recollected. That he's well acquainted with Isaac Graeff who makes the aforegoing deposition, and believes him to be, as he represents himself, one of the legal representatives of the said Margaret and Frederick Graeff, deceased, and that he has known him all his lifetime.
Sworn and subscribed   }
before me this day and  }
year above written          }
M B Schoener .                }

Peter Fisher

And I also certify that I am well and granted with, the above named Peter Fisher and John Potterge and that they [] good standing and their statement, and entitled to full [] and belief
M B Schoener
Alderman

June 6, 1853.
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State of Pennsylvania . }
Berks Co                        }   SS

     On this 6th day of June 1853, personally appeared before me one, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Berks, and State of Pennsylvania, Isaac Graeff, a resident of the County of Berks. and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say,
     That he is one of the legal representatives of the late Margaret Graeff and Frederick Graeff, deceased, late of the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania. That the said Frederick Graeff, deceased, was know and reported during his lifetime, to have served in Captain Von Heer Company of Dragoons, during the Revolutionary War. And this deponent doth further state, that the said Margaret Graeff, widow of Frederick Graeff, (the said Frederick Graeff having died in the year 1818.) was during her lifetime an applicant for the benefits of the Act of Congress making provision for the widows of deceased Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers who were married prior to the year 1794. That the marriage of the said Margaret Graeff and Frederick Graeff is herewith annexed, taken from the records of the German Reformed Church of the City of Reading, in the State of Pennsylvania, and that the said marriage took place on the [underlined] 12th day of October, 1784. That the said Margaret Graeff widow as aforesaid, died without ever having received the benefits of the Act of Congress of March 7th 1838, and that her death took place in the County of Berks, and the State of Pennsylvania, on the [underlined] 9th day of November, 1842.
     And this deponent doth further state, that at the
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    And on this same 6th day of June, 1853, also appeared before me Alderman and Justice of the Peace for Berks County, State of Pennsylvania, John Potteiges, Sheriff of the County of Berks, in the State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say,
    That he is well acquainted with the aforementioned Isaac Graeff, who makes the declaration this day, that he has been acquainted with him and his family, being near neighbors, for the last thirty or thirty-five years. That he [] believes the said Isaac Graeff to be one of the legal heirs of the said Margaret Graeff, deceased, who for many years prior to her death resided in Berks County, in the State of Pennsylvania. That he is well acquainted with the children of the said Margaret Graeff, widow of Frederick Graeff, and to the best of his knowledge and belief they are all now residents of Berks County, in the State aforesaid, and that  their names are as follows:
    Jacob Graeff, Daniel Graeff, Isaac Graeff, Sarah Gerhart, formerly Sarah Graeff, Hannah Sherman, formerly Hannah Graeff, Elizabeth Graeff, and Margaret Mears, formerly Margaret Graeff.
   
   John Potteiges
    
    Sworn and subscribed }
    year above written        }
    Wm B Schorener           }
    Alderman                        }
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    And on this same 6th day of June, 1853, also appeared before me, Alderman and Justice of the Peace for Berks County, State of Pennsylvania, Peter Fisher, a respectable citizen of Berks County, in the State aforesaid and personally know to me, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say.
    That he is a resident of Berks County in the State of Pennsylvania, aged 76 years. That he has resided in said County all his life-time. That he was well-acquainted with the late Margaret Graeff, deceased, widow of Frederick Graeff, dec. That the said Frederick Graeff was reputed during his life-time, to  have served in the Revolutionary War, and was so believed by all his neighbors to have served in Captain Heer's Company. That he has been the near neighbor of the family for more than forty years. That they were considered by all their neighbors as man and wife, and respected and esteemed as such. That they raised a large family of children, some of whom are still living and are now residents of Berks County, in the State aforesaid.
    That the names of the children now living, and who are, to the best of his knowledge, the only representatives of the said Margaret Graeff, deceased are as follows: --
    Jacob Graeff, Daniel Graeff, Isaac Graeff, Sarah Gerhart, formery Sarah Graeff, Hannah
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I William Paule Pastor of the German Reformed Church of the Borough of Reading in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that it appears on Record in the said church book of Marriages That Frederick Graeff was lawfully joined in the holy Bonds of Matrimony with Margaretta Machemer by the then Pastor of said Church William Boas on the twelfth day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty four the 12th day of October AD 1784 and in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 15th day of October AD 1838
Wm Paule Pastor

I William Paul Pastor above named depose and say that I am the Pastor of said church in the Borough of Reading County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Record of said Church book of marriages with the exception, that the aforesaid marriage is exsersided in fair legible figures as by me certified

Wm Paule Pastor
State of Pennsylvania }
Berks County               }
Sworn & subscribed
October 15th 1838
Before me Jac. []allaece Justice of the Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS

I A. A. Witman, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that Jacob Lallade esqr before whom the foregoing Marriage Certificate was sworn and Subscribed is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Berks, in the State of Pennsylvania and duly commissioned and authorised to administer Oaths, and that all acts by him done in that capacity credit is due him and ought of right to be given and I do further certify that the signature to the foregoing proproting to be the said Jacob Lallades Esqr is his genuine signature and in Testimony whereof I have hereunto affisced [sic] the seal of the said Court and subscribed my Name and quality at Reading in the County of Berks Pena
October 15th AD 1838
A A Witman
Prothonotary
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[envelope]
[on left 90 degrees]
2447
Aug 2
Pa
+ July 36
3 Sec. 
July Eva Sodin can
[postmark]
Reading Aug 9 

FREE
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D. C.
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Reading Pena August 9th 1837
James L. Edwards Esquire / Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir you will find here the Declaration of Testimony in the Case of Margareth Graeff, widow of Frederick Graeff decd Formerly a member of the Light Dragoons commanded by Captain Bartha. Von Heer of the Revolutionary War | Then by haveing reference to the Revolutionary Records you will find his Name of Record. He being entitled to Land Bounty from the U Sta for services agreeable to his Enlistment for + claiming the said war + sensed to the close of the Reva War as [] as the above case has been finally acted when upon | Wm Edwards will [] [] the Result | [] very Respectfully call Alr Edwards attention to the following in the Case of Eva Soder widow of Captian J Soder decd  [] the following objections were made by you first that he John Soder could not have been a Captain in the year 1776 as was stated by the Testimony of Jacob Snider and that of his commission was issued on the 17th of May 1777 | this objection was then fully removed by the sending the enclosed [] Edwards the second commission dated in 1776 the first letter contained also the objection to the Testimony of Wm. J. Snider aforesaid [] have can Wm Snider have knowledge of the Time of Captain Soder entering and leaving each service unless he committed the same to writing | This same objection was then fully answered by the second Testimony of said Snider he then stated his Reasons why he was [acquainted] with services under oath [] that he lived on [] Plantation of Captain Soder for a Term of 12 years the other objections were viz for what was the Militia called out and were de'd Captn Soder march to this was fully answered by the Testimony of John Hassinger | I humbly declare to be here perfectly understood far be it from me that I would censure Wm Edwards on any other officer or person in the U Sta I have Wm Edwards all the good esteem in all his Transactions | I was of opinion that the widow of an officer or soldier [] it would not [] for his widow to have were he marched []
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for what such Militia or Volunteers were called out for as it is so universally known that the were all called out for to Defend their Country against the then Common Enemy I can not find any act or acts made by the Congress requiring the line of Marches on the purpose for which the were called out into their services it is only the Case wen the officer + soldiers survive and apply themselves why then and in that case it is requisite to ask the line of Marches and it is certainly true that the United States have no Roles of the services of the Militia or Volunteers therefore even transitory testimony in the absence of Positive Testimony is receivable Wm Edwards will certainly be aware that the wife never accompanyies her Husband into actual services | Informed the Hon H A Muhlenbberg of the H of Representatives of the objections made against the Case of E. Soder he was of the opinion that it was not requisite by any Act of Congress to have the places of the Line of Marches nor was it necessary to ask for what the Militia was called out for in cases were the officers and soldiers were cecd This Sir is reasonable because if he were yet surviving he could answer all these questions. She is determined to brine her case before  the Congress as soon as the Convene as the Declares that her claim is just + true and will therefore bring her case before her County all of which I do state Respectfully and all in  the best of glad humor

    I am Sir Respectfully your obedient Humble servant
    
    Samuel Levan

    LL Edwards Esqr
    will have the kindness to escamine the Record were it [] appear that the applicants Husband Frederick Graeff forever To the Close of the Revo war was entitled to 100 acres Bounty Lands
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Reference thereunto made will more fully appear
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Recy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3082
Margaretta Graeff
Widow
Frederick Graeff
[] Rev War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:--Vol. A, Page 285
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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[Enveolpe]
[on left 90 degrees]
511 Aug 21.
Pa 
7 July 1838,
M. Graeff
[postage stamp]
[] Aug 18 Pa.

FREE
James L Edwards Esqr
Comm of Pensions 
P. office
Washington D.C.
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Reading Pena August 18th 1838

Hon J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
   Dear sir [] herein enclosed the Declaration of Margaretta Graeff widow of Frederick Graeff who who was formerly a private in Capt B Von Heers Dragoons of the Revolution as appears he served To the Close of the Revolutionary war against the said services received One hundred acres Land Bounty from the U. States. Sir please have reference to the proper office at Washington DC. [] Mrs Graeff might have been of opinion that she was Married as she had stated. Their is not any Doubt in my mind at the time she applied for a Pension under the 3rd section | she was then certain in her opinion that she was Married to F. Graeff during his services yet here she was mistaken and she was not aware that their was a church record of her said Marriage I made it my duty and enquired of Pastor Von Paule and found that she was Married 12th October 1774 by William Boas Pastor as will more fully appear Mrs Graeff is a woman of great character + is much respected but her memory is greatly impaired + more so at particular times she aseniles that to haveing several severe cases of [] ever I have therefore enclosed the application under the act of July AD 1838
   I am Sir Respectfully your obnt Humble servent Saml Levan

   Hon J. L. Edwards
   C. of Pensions
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[Envelope]
[on left]
pa.
add'l proof Oct 18
Margaretta Graeff
July 511
[postage stamp]
READING OCT 16 Pa.

FREE
James L. Edwards Esqr.
C. of Pensions
Pension Office
City Washington D.C.
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Reading Pena
October 16th, 1838
J. L. Edwards Esqr
C. of Pensions
Dear Sir
I have enclosed the Marriage Certificate of Margaretta Graeff widow of Frederick Graeff which is also sworn to and subscribed according to the Regulations and authenticated under seal of Court
Jam Livy Respectfully your obnt humble servt
Samuel Levan sevr
L. L. Edwards Esqr
C. of Pensions
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Washington June 9, '33
Hon [] P. Waldo
Com. of Pensions
Sir: I herewith transmit you, as Attorney for the heirs herin named the evidence of a marriage of Margaret Graeff, Widow of Frederick Graeff, of Berks Co. Pennsylvania. a Private in Capt. Von Heer's Company Dragoons service Pennsylvania Line Revolutionary War which said claim was suspended, for want of a evidence of marriage.
    The former application was made by Mrs Graeff during her life-time, per Act of 1836. which was a mistake, as the certificate of marriage now exhibited proves her to have been entitled to the benefits of the Act of 1838.
    K am Sir:
    Very Respectfully
    your obt serv't
    N. E. Kinnaugh
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Married October the twelfth one thousand seven hundred & eighty four by the Rev William Boas Frederick Graeff to Margareth Machamer of [] township Berks County State of Pennsylvania Berks County SS.
Before me the subscriber an alderman of the City of Reading in the County and State aforesaid John Boas of said city who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that the above is a true and correct copy from the records of the German Reformed Church of the said City of Reading as kept by his father the Rev. William Boas with the exception of the dates which is as follows 12th October 1984
John Boas
Sworn + Subscribed June 6th 1853
before me
David Medary
Alderman 
And I also certify having seen the original records of the German Reformed Church as kept by the Reverend William Boas that the above certificate is a true and correct copy as taken from said records except the date which is in figures as follows 12th October 1784
David Medary
Alderman

State of Pennsylvania 
Berks County
I Charles H Hunter Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County do certify that David Medary Esqr is an Alderman of the City of Reading duly elected commissioned and qualified as such according to Law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 6th day of June 1853

C H Hunter Prthy
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V511
Margarette Graeff
Pennsylvania

admitted for 16 mo.
Pa Cav 
$66.66
for claim of [] E. Fox above [] [] 16--
    from 1782 at which time [] establish [] [] in Capt Van Hees comp
    [] 29.

    Hon Geo. M. Keirn
    N. R
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
On this 15th day of August AD One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight in then Court of Common Pleas Now sitting for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared before the Hon John Banks Esqr President of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in Pena. Margaretta [underlined] Graeff widow of the [underlined] Frederick Graeff Resident of the County of Berks in the State aforesaid Aged [underlined] 73 years [lighter handwriting follows] who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath declare + make the following Declaration in order to obtain the pension that benefit made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 that she is the [] widow of Frederick Graeff who was formerly a Private in the company of Dragoons Commanded by Captain Bartholamew Von Heer in the services of the U. States in the war of the Revolution that her said Husband that her said Husband [phrase appears twice]  was duly enlisted into said Captains Company for and during the said war. and that her said Husband continued to serve in said Company To the Close of the Revolutionary war and by virtue of his said services the United States did grant unto her said Husband One hundred Acres Land Bounty by having reference to the proper office in the City of Washington D. Columbia will more fully appear, and she further declares that her maiden name was Margaretta Machemer and that she was Lawfully joined into the bonds of marriage with Frederick Graeff above named on the Twelfth day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty four by the then Pastor William Boas of the German Reformed Church of Reading Pennsylvania as appears of Record in said Church Book and will more fully appear by the Certificate of Marriage hereunto anesced by the [] Pastor of the said Church William Pauli and that her said Husband the above Mr. Graeff Died on the 9th day of March 1818 -- in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will
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as will more fully appear by reference to the Proof hereunto anesced 
Margaretta [her mark] Graeff

Sworn and Subscribed in open Court before the Hon John Banks Esqr President Judge the day of year aforesaid

W Banks
Pres't Judge

On this 15th day of August AD One Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight in open Court of Common Pleas now sitting for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania Personally appeared Henry Rhein a resident of the said County and State aforesaid before the Hon John Banks Esqr President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare and says that Margaretta Graeff ____ the above named is the identical widow of Frederick Graeff decd who was a private of Von Heers Dragoons and that she was never int[] but that she continues the widow of aforesaid Frederick Graeff decd
Henry Rhein
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court before the Hon John Banks Esqr President Judge on the Day and year aforesaid
[] Banks
Pres't Judge

To the truth of the above statement I am satisfied
J Banks
Esq Judge

I John Banks President judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks do hereby certify that Margaretta Graeff and Henry Rhein who have this Day appeared in open Court and subscribed their Names to the foregoing oaths that on their oaths and statements made evident is one and ought of Right to them be given and I also Certify that their
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Testimonys will be received as such in any Court of Justice and in Testimonys whereof have hereunto set my hand on this 15th day of August AD one thousand eight-hundred and thirty eight 
W Banks 
Pres't Judge

I William Pauli present Postor of the German Reformed Church of Reading Berks County and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that it appeared on records in the books of said Church that Frederick Graeff and Margaretta Machemer were joined in the bonds of Matrimony by William Boas, the then Postor of said church on the twelft [sic] day of October seventeen hundred and eighty four. As appears in figures Viz: October 13th 1784.

  I do hereby certify, that the above is a true extract from the Records of said church  with the exception of the dates, which are exsussed in  the Records in fair legible figures as certified by me

Reading August 15th 1838 Wm Pauli Pastor

State of Pennsylvania
Berks County SS I [] Witman, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Margaretta Graeff for a Pensien [sic] I further certify that the above Marriage Certificate of William Pauli Pastor
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is his genuine signature and that the foregoing certificate is the hand writing of William Pauli himself Pastor of said Church and in Testimony wereof I have hereunto affisced the seal of the said Court and subscribed my Name + Quality at Reading Berks County Penn. on this 15th Day of August AD 1838

Altd Witman
Prothonotary

[at bottom 90 degrees]
V511
Margarette Groeff
Pennsylvania
admitted for 16 mo.
Pr Can
$66.66
pen claim of [] E. Fox when hereto [] 16.00 from 1782 at which time may entitlement [] in Cap Von Heers Com

[] 29.

Wm Jeo M. Keirn
N. R.
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[] [] of Fred't Graeff sent by Levan Aug 10 37  Pension
Hon a Muhlenberg
No 2447
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Margarette Graeff
Pennsylvania

Suspended
[] 29. AD 38 S.
Sevan
Act of July 1838
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V
Margaret Graeff
Pennsylvania

Suspended

See letter 15th Sept. 1837 [76 or 16]
[]. A. Muhlenberg.
1836
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Extract from the "Reading Adler" German News paper of Nov. 15, 1842, printed at Reading Berks County and State of Pennsylvania

"1842 Nov 9 Died this ninth in Bern township this County [underlined] Margarette Graeff, widow of the long [time] in Cumru Township deceased Frederick Graeff aged 77 years and 6 months."

City of Reading }
Berks Co SS      }
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the notice of the death of Margarette Graeff as the same was published in the aforesaid "Reading Adler" published in Reading, Berks County and State of Pennsylvania. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of June A.D. 1853
Wm B. Schoener []
Alderman
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State of Pennsylvania }
Berks County SS         }
I Charles H Hunter Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County do certify that Wm B Schoener Esqr is an Alderman of the City of Reading, duly elected commissioned and qualified as such according to Law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of June AD 1853
C H Hunter, Prthy
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

Name Graff, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 4219 ACREAGE 100  ISSUED Sept. 9, 1790 to Elizabeth Graff, widow

"The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded in this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.