Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2421, Isaac Grayham, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Graham Isaac or Graham
S 3421
CONTENTS
banded.

26. 848 Rev. Tennessee
Isaac Graham of Wake Co. in the State of N.C. who was a Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by [blank] in the N.C. Carolina line for [blank]
9th. P. 30. 00 Isaac Graham. Records C.K. Merley Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] Class 1 at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of [blank] and [blank] 1831 Rev. J. B. [blank] Arrears to the 14th of [blank] 90.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending [blank] 15.00 $105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk, Book 612 Vol. 71 Page 91

29.814 Isaac Graham
f 1770 p 9 ~ $30
I will take 9 months and relinquish the balance for the present June 16 th 1834 John B Foster

State of Tennessee
White County on the 17th day of February 1834 personally appeared before me Edmund Slump one of the acting justices of the peace for said county of White in the State of Tennessee Isaac Grayham a resident citizen of the county of White and State aforesaid aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to the laws of the land, on his oaths doth make following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
He states that he entered the service of the United States in the war of the revolution and served as herein after stated
He states that as well as he can now recollect In the fall of 1778, He was drafted for a term of five months in the County of Caswell North Carolina, and joined a company commanded by Captain George Moore, marched to Hillsborough by Lieut. James Saunders, the adjutant was Samuel Johnson, marched to Guilford Courthouse, then to Salisbury then through Abbeysbury then to Camden Then to a place called the Monk's corner then to a place called the ten mile house near Charleston, and continued there for some time The army in the way was commanded by General Rutherford

General Diller He states that his time of service for which he was drafted expires before he left the ten mile house. General Rutherford told the militia they could go on with the main army or not just as they pleased. He states he did not further march with the army. He was in no battles.
After his term of five months was out he was called told by their Col. that they could be compelled to serve one year in scouting parties if required. He states that he joined a company company commanded by Captain John Ladd. Continued under his command until he was killed light horse. They were attacked by the British, and put to flight. After this he was put under command of Captain James Mackay. A little more than the time attacked them about three miles above Rocky Mount, and the Tories were put to flight, are killed and a few prisoners taken. He was charged and placed under command of Captain Newphill. While under his command, Col. Patton came to where he was and asked him if he had not yet got his discharge to which he replied he had not. When the Col. told him if he would get his Captain to write one he would sign it, and so he got a written discharge from Col. Patton and returned home to North Carolina.

He states that he served faithfully for ten months in the Scouting service in the country around Charleston in the state of and South Carolina. He states that while in the service he suffered many miseries and hardships. The times were very troublous and required the scouting parties to be on the alert. He was once shot at by three times but escaped without being wounded. He omits to state that Captain Ladd was killed near Rocky Creek, about twenty five miles above Cam- den.
He states that he served out fifteen months. He lost his discharge.
He states he is very old and infirm. He is almost blind and unable to go to the court house of his county to make out his declaration. He lives in a remote part of his county. Some time since a man came to his house and informed him of the act of Congress with a declaration for him which he has never since seen. He learned that it was defective and rejected and he has never been able to get it and is therefore reduced to the necessity of making a new declaration.
He states that he is very poor.

and stands greatly in need of the church of his country. He has no documentary evidence of his service nor can he prove the service by any living witness. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  Isaac Grayhaw
The applicant makes the following answers to the interrogatories prescribed by the war department.
 1 I was born in Prince William County in the State of Virginia and in the 1749  2. as I learn for I have no record of my age  3 I was living in Caswell County North Carolina when called into the service Since the revolution I lived in South Caro- lina, moved back to North Carolina then moved to Knox County Tennessee and from there to White County where I now reside.  4 I was first drafted for three months after that time expired, I joined joined the Scouting service and was regularly engaged in defending against the Tories  5 When in Service General Rutherford & General Butler were in command I knew Col Saunders who commanded 

who commanded the regiment to which I belonged
6th I received a discharge but I lost it many years past
7th Samuel Johnson Esq, Laban Walker Lewis B. Harrison, Edmund Stump, Richard John Bruff, and many more who live in my neighborhood and I believe will testify as to my character veracity and my reputation as a soldier of the revolution
Isaac Grayhurn
State of Tennessee. White County the foregoing declaration was on this 17th day of February 1834. sworn to & subscribed before me Edmund Stump Justice of the peace for White County according to law
Edmund Stump (Seal) Justice of the peace
This day personally appeared Lewis B. Harrison Laban Walker & Samuel A. Williams resident citizens of White County, known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument make oath that they live in the same neighborhood where the above named applicant Isaac Grayhurn lives, and that they are well acquainted with him & they state that from his

General character they believe their entitled to full credit on his oath in a court of justice. They further state that he has in the neighborhood where he resides the reputation of a soldier of the revolution here and they concur in that opinion
Given before me this 17th day of February for the Slants 1832
E B Lewis Brahamon Edmund Slants John Haben Walker Daniel H Williams
State of Tennessee White County
I Edmund Slants in acting justice of the peace for said county of White do hereby certify and declare it as my opinion after 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 it further appears to me John Slants, Lewis B. Brahamon, Haben Walker & Samuel H Williams are citizens of White County, respectable men & entitled to credit on oath in a court of justice I do further certify that there is no preacher of the gospel or clergyman residing in the neighborhood where the said applicant resides nor could one be got with

reasonable convenience
I do further certify it as my opinion and from inspection of the above named affidavit of Isaac Grayham, that he is wholly unable to attend court, and make his declarations. That he is very old & unfirm & almost blind. Given under my hand & seal this 17th day of February 1834
Edmund Stamps (P.D.)
State of Tennessee White County
I Jacob L. Shaw clerk of the County Court of White County do hereby certify that Edmund Stamps who signed the foregoing affidavit of said Declaration as Justice of the peace was at the time and is now an actual Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given his official acts as such and that the signature purported to be his is true to the best of his knowledge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 16th day of February A.D. 1834. One of the Inauguration of the United States the 55th Jacob L. Shaw Clerk White County Court By J. Westman D.C.

29. 81 Isaac Graham Seneca
F 1778 p 9 #30
Hon. J. B. Forrest J. B. McDaniel Sparta Ga

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
March 7. 1839
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: {) You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Graham
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778 5 P 2 Capt Moore Col Saunders. 84 N. C. Credit to Army  
The applicant states that he was ordered to act as a sergeant under Capt Land, an entire unit semi 10 weeks. It is only for actual time of service that an allowance can be made. The militia are not in constant service for that length of time.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1852.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1852.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1852. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension-Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same), who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do 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 served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county , and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[2] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[3] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

RECORDS.
CHANGE TO BE MADE.
CORRECT.
State, Conn
S.F. No. 3,421,
Class, Invalid
Name Isaac Grayham
Service, 11/16/11
INCORRECT.
Laura Graham
1 M rs Northwaite
March 2, 1904.
Company, Regiment, &c., should be invariably specified.

Rev. Rev.
3421. INVALID.
File No. 3421
* Isaac Graham Port N. E. line
Act: June 7/82
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Isaac Graham. Records corrected Mar 7/04