Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4210, Noadiah Graves, New York
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New York
Graves, Noadiah
R. 4210
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State of New York}
County of Niagara} Ss.
On this 11th day of June AD 1841 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas now sitting Noadiah Graves a resident of the town of Hartland in the county and state aforesaid aged Seventy eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress papers June 7th 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - The first service preformed by this declarant was as a substitute for Gorham Lane for a period of six weeks, but this declarant did not serve but twenty three days of the term - The Continental troops were withdrawn to New York and the militia were called upon to guard the military stores at Fishkill on the North River, where this declarant was stationed, and performed the service before alluded to - He is unable from loss of memory to state the precise time he entered the service nor can he recollect the names of any of the officers under whom he served for the first term of his service This declarant was born in 1762 in the town of Norfolk in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, that he resided in the town of New Canaan in the county of Columbia and state of New York when he entered the service - That in 1779 or 80 there were several alarms given that the Indians and Tories were committing depredations upon the inhabitants of the Northern frontier this declarant
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Volunteered at two different times and went to Ballstown [Ballston] in the County of Saratoga - at one time he was engaged ten days and at another time eight days While he was on his ten days service he was under the command of Lieut. William Hallenbecker who then was a resident of New Canaan as aforesaid
That in 1779 or 80 a class of fifteen men who resided in New Canaan as aforesaid were required to furnish one of their number or hire some one for a three months service. that this declarant was hired by them for that service and he accordingly entered as a private under Capt Elijah Bostwick who commanded the company in which this declarant served _ The other officers were Lieut. Samuel Callender and Ensign Miles Griswald - The Regiment was commanded by Col Malcolm - His company marched to the Hudson River where they were conveyed in a Sloop to Peekskill there [?] and were marched down the river to Dobbs Ferry in the state of New Jersey - After staying a short time he was ordered to Fort Edward in the state of New York where he remained doing garrison duty until he was discharged which was in the month of October but this declarant is unable to recollect the year - He is confident it was the same or preceding year that Cornwallis was taken
On this occasion this declarant served three months and the whole time he was in actual service under competent authority was three months and ten days - He never received a written discharge -
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Noadiah his mark Graves ['x' mark placed between first and last name]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Before}
Sherman McLean Witness
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L. F. Bowen Judge of Niagara County Courts
Question 1st Where and in what year was you born?
Ans In the town of Norfolk County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the year 1762
Question 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer I have and is contained in the Family Bible now in my possession
Question 3rd Where were you living when called into service - Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer I lived in the town of New Canaan in the county of Columbia and state of New York - from thence I moved to H[?] - from thence to Chester in named county and from thence to Hartland where I now reside -
Question 4th Have were  you called into service: were you draughted [sic], did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - A portion of the time I was a volunteer and the rest of the time I was hired as a substitute in the name set forth in the declaration
Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served
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such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service -?
Answer - I have no recollection of the names of the officers continental or militia other than what has been named nor of any other material circumstances of my service besides what has been stated in the declaration
Question 6th Did you ever recieve [sic] a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it give and what has become of it?
Answer - I never did receive a written discharge
Question 7th State the names of person to whom you are known in your personal neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution - 
Answer - Mr Benjamin Cornell Amos Spencer Esq Stephen Baker Esq - Mr Kendrick Robinson and Elder Crane a Baptist Clergyman but who is now absent -
Noadiah his mark Graves ['x' mark placed between first and last name]
Sherman McLean Witness
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No 35,231
Noadiah Graves
N.Y.
Act 7 June '32
4210
Hons Silas Wright Jr
Senate NY
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County} Ss. 
Timothy Graves of the county of Rensselaer in the State of New York of lawful age being duly sworn makes oath and says that he is the brother of Noahdiah [crossed out] Noadiah Graves who resides at Johnsons Creek in the county of Niagara and State of New York, that he the said Noadiah formerly resided in Canaan Columbia county New York and while residing in that place enlisted with this deponent in Captain Elijah Bostwicks company for three months which company belonged to a regiment commanded by Colonel Malcom his given name he does not recollect. That after enlisting as aforesaid the said Noadiah & this deponent went immediately into the service of the United States in the above company and were marched to the Hudson River & from ^[insert] there embarked in a sloop & landed at a place called Peekskill & then crossed over & marched down the river to a place in New Jersey called Dobbs Ferry & from there was ordered & went to Fort Edward New York where the said Noadiah & this deponent remained until the term of their enlistment to wit three months had expired & were then discharged, that they were both discharged at the same time in the month of October but the year this deponent cannot recollect but he well remembers that it was after Burgoyne was taken and was near the close of the war, that no written discharges were given but the aforesaid company were [illegible crossed out] all discharged at same time & went home
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and this deponent further says that he well remembers of the said Noadiah serving the revolutionary war at different times being called out with the militia in defense of the country and being gone sometimes a week & sometimes longer but this deponent was not with him in any of said last mentioned services & does not remember his officers names except in one instance and then only remembers the name of the Lieutenant which was ^[insert] William Hollandbeck and further this deponent saith not
Timothy Graves [signature]
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 6th day of September A.D. 1838
Harry Patterson
Commissioner

STATE OF NEW-YORK,}
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office,}SS.
I, LELAND CRANDALL, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do herby Certify, that Harry Patterson, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit was, at the time the same [?] date one of the Commissioners of Deeds in and for said County: And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of said Harry Patterson and verily believe the above signature to be genuine. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this fifteenth day of May 1841
Leland Crandall Clerk.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878 [crossed out]

4210
Noadiah Graves
REJECTED [stamped]
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Noadiah Graves
NY No 35,231
Let to Hon Silas Wright Jr July 29 '41

Act 7 June '32
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Senate Chamber
Washington 21 July 1841

My Dear Sir,
The gentleman whose letter you will find enclosed has sent me certain papers relating to certain pensions. I have not been able to examine the cases and I believe shall not be able to do so if I keep them another month, as I have already kept them one. Having no acquaintance with these cases, and supposing from the letter that the papers enclosed do not comprise the whole of either case. I send them to the office, where I hope the remaining papers may be found. My correspondent speaks of papers in Mrs. Jacob's case on file with the Clerk of the one on the other House of Congress. I have caused search to be made this morning in both these offices, and no papers can be found, as having been presented either at the present or the last two sessions. The Clerk in the office of the Clerk of the House says he remembers to have had inquiries for these papers at some former period, and he thinks they may have been sent to the pension office. 
If the papers shall be found upon your files may I ask that this case of Mrs. Jacobs may be reexamined with her new declaration now enclosed, and the result made known to me as soon as your pressing duties may permit. 
Upon looking at Mr. McLean's letter again I incline to think that the case of Mr. Graves enclosed is a new case. I shall also be under obligation to be advised of the decision in that case when it shall have been decided. 
With Great Respect I am Your obedt. Servt. Silas Wright Jr.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions}
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We the under signed residing in the town of Hartland in the county of Niagara hereby certify that we are acquainted with Mr [illegible] subscribed and sworn 

W. J Crane Minister of the gospel do solemly [sic] and sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I am acquainted with Noadiah Graves and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. And I further certify that he is a member of the first Baptist church in Hartland in good standing
W. J. Crane
Affirmed and subscribed before me this 12th 1841
Harry Harrington Commissioner of deeds for the county of Niagara
I hereby certify that W. J. Crane mentioned in and who subscribed to the above affidavit was absent at the last court term of this county 
Harry Harrington [?]

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is entitled to credit, another ^[insert] sustain a good [illegible]
E Ransom Jr.}
N McNeil}
L. F. Bowen} Judges of Niagara County of Common Pleas
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We the undersigned residing in the town of Hartland in the county of Niagara certify that we are acquainted with Mr. Noadiah Graves, who has subscribed and sworn to the forgoing declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Eight years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Stephen Baker [signature]
E Seeley [crossed out]
Isaac [Kittress] or Kitterly] [crossed out]
Jonas Sherer [signature]
Benjamin K Connell [signature]
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open court before me}
L. F. Bowen Judge of Niagara County Courts

And the said court do hereby [?] 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 served as he states - And the court further [illegible] that the statement of those who have signed the preceeding [sic] certificate is entitled to credit and thus ^[insert] they sustain a good reputation
E Ransom Jr}
N McNeil}
L. F. Bowen} Judges of Niagara County Courts of Common Pleas
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I David S. Crandall Clerk of the [circuit crossed out] in and for the County of Niagara [and County crossed out] Court of Common Pleas ^[insert] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Noadiah Graves for a pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of June AD 1841
note the erasures of the words "circuit and county" and the interlination [sic][interlineation] of the words "in and for the county of Niagara" all done before signing this certificate
D. S. Crandall Clerk
By A. G. White
Deputy Clerk