Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22278, David Graves, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Graves, David
S 22278
CONTENTS

8498
Vermont David Gravel
of Rutland in the State of Vermont who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitney in the W. I. Arm for 7 m. 3 d.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 23 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Apr. 1833 and sent to R. Sempth Rutland
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $47.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 11.83
$59.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Witham Clerk, Book C. Vol. 3. Page 11
At Panton 18 March 1833 to same 29 July 1835 Lilla Gore Apr 25 '37
awarded

David Graves 7 months & 8 days
23876
off: David to Burlington
Completed P. S. ... May
20m d
7 mo 3 01 pri
23.66 23.66

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 13 th day of Feb. A. D. 1833
personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Rutland
Darius Graves a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 81 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1776 and served in Col. Van Rensselaer's
Regiment of the New York line under the follow-
ing named officers. Col. Van Rensselaer, Capt. John Williams.
He does not remember the names of his other officers. He lived at the time on Rensselaer Patent, about 10 miles East of Albany, and volunteered about the 1. Oct. 1776 & went to Albany, thence in a skiff to the Highlands, & served at Fort Constitution a little over two months & a half, where he was discharged about the 20 Dec. 1776, but rec d no written discharge. In 1777, when Burgoyne invaded the country, he volunteered about the 1. June & marched to Fort Edward, & served in Capt. Elias Gilbert's company, St. Joile, Col. W. Whiting; left from Fort Edward he marched to Saratoga, & was present when Burgoyne surrendered the 17. Oct. 1777, & was dismissed the next day, having served 4 months & 18 days, but rec d no written discharge. He recollects Gen l . Washington, Gates, Schuyler, Fellows, & knows other officers whose names he has forgotten, but he does not remember so as to distinguish other troops with whom he served. He has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except the accompanying affidavit of Reverend M c Farington. He was born at Canaan the 20 th of October 1757, where his age was recorded and it is also recorded in his Bible. He lived in New Lebanon, N.Y. after the war until about 40 years ago he came to Salisbury, Vermont, where he lived about 7 years, since which he has principally lived in Brandon.

where he now lives. He is known to most of the people of Brandon.
State of Vermont Rutland p. — 3
We a Clergyman residing in Brandon in said County, and Daniel Farnington residing in the same place, do hereby say, that we are well acquainted with David Greene who made this declaration, that we believe him to be 81 years old - and that he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. P. 3
Daniel Farnington Ira Ingraham. —
J. W. Hopkins Reg.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David his X Greene mark
J. W. Hopkins Reg.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant after investigating the matter & putting the interrogations prescribed by War Dept.
was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Brandon, & that Daniel Farnington Esq. who also signed the same is a resident in Brandon & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Frederick W. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Notes
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Greene for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Rutland this 14 day of March A. D. 1833
J. W. Hopkins Register

David Gane Vermont
advised
R. Temple

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
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 subjjoined 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. Those 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, shewing the Service of David Grange, Rutland Co. Vt.
   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.     Vol. 1 Octr '76 2 15 pr Col. VanRynalean ms 81 allny n.77 Adj. Fortchief who. Swan that he was in the war   1 June '77 4 18 " " Whitney  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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, 1832.
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, 1832. 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 enquiry 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.
[a] 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.
[b] 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 place 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 affix 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 [j] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

March 10, 1937.
Mr. Charles E. Graves 144 Loring Road Winthrop, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL David Graves S. 22278
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, David Graves, a pensioner of Rutland, Vermont, who died in 1837.
The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 22278, based upon service of David Graves in the Revolutionary War.
David Graves was born October 20, 1751 in Canaan, the state not shown; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Rensselaer Patent, about ten miles east of Albany, New York, he enlisted in September or October 1776 and served two and one half months as private in Captain John Williams' company, Colonel VanRensselaer's New York regiment, stationed at Fort Constitution. He moved the next winter to New Lebanon, New York; he enlisted about June 1, 1777 and served four months and eighteen days as private in Captain Elisha Gilbert's company, Colonel William Whiting's New York regiment, during which service he was first at Fort Edward and afterwards at Stillwater, and present when Burgoyne surrendered.
The soldier lived in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, until about 1793, then moved to Salisbury, Vermont, where he remained about seven years, then moved to Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 13, 1833, at which time he resided in Brandon, Vermont; he was living there in April 1837. He made no reference to wife or children at the

time he applied for his pension.
In 1832, one Ebenezer Morris Farrington, of Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont, stated in a letter to Morris T. Graves of Brandon, Vermont, that he was acquainted with David Graves, the soldier, at the time he served in the Revolutionary War; he did not state any relationship between them. In 1836, one Edward Harrington was a resident of said Colchester, Vermont; no relationship between him and these other persons was stated.
Forwarded by agent state that the soldier married Sarah Parry
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Did not give info. for last payment of pension as letter of April 1837 said, he would be dropped from rolls - and the inquirer stated that David Graves died in 1837.

David Graves.
Revolutionary Claims
July 27 21 1874
George W. Crump Comm. of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

This may certify that I have been acquainted with Mr David Graves who signed the foregoing affidavit for more than fourteen years last past and have never heard his word disputed and I verily believe him to be a man of strict integrity and entitled to as full credit as any man of his age
Brandon Town Clerk B. Davenport Offici July 21st. 1836. B. Town Clerk.
I have resided in Brandon about 8 months last past and from the information I have recd. I believe the above statement to be correct. Mr. Graves resides within half a mile of the Congregational meetinghouse in this village.
J. Pastor of the Harvey Burts Congregational Church in Brandon

David Graves
July 28 29 th 1836
P. G.
Rec. V. 37. p. 208.

War Department Pension Office July 28 th 1836 29.
Sir
The additional evidence in support of your claim contained in your letter of the 20 th July has been examined - There were no such tours of service as those you describe in either Col Van Rensselaers regiment or in that of Col Whiting at the period referred to - They were both Militia regiments and there is no satisfactory evidence of any tours of service therein exceeding a month.
Mr David Graves Brandon VD

David Graves
18 March 1835-
90
Buena Vista 25/Sept 336

Dear Sir, Yours Sd.
PG
March 18 th 1835
hi
Your statement of serm on has been recd d and it cannot be recognized upon your papers that you performed six months actual serm on within the act. The serm on under Eds Van Rensselaer and Ed Whiting were very temporary - from the general course of the serm on both terms did not probably exceed two or three months.
Unless further and more satisfactory explanations be given can he furnished the payment of your stipend cannot be resumed
Michael Graves
Brandon
Vermont

75
Mar 17
Revolutionary Claims file
Hon J. S. Edwards Comr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

October 14, 1937
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Mr. Charles E. Graves 144 Loring Road Winthrop, Massachusetts
DAVID GRAVES S. 2278 BA-J/MSF:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herewith, as requested, photostatic copies of ten pages of originals thereof on file in pension claim, S. 2278, based upon service of David Graves in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

BA-J/MLB No. 394
October 5, 1937 XXXI
REV. & 1812 WARS SECTION XXXXXXXX
War & Navy, Branch 970
Rev. War claim for pension of David Graves,
File No. S. 22276
Actual                      one of each page
卷二 50
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Kindly leave margin of 1½ inches at top of each page and return papers in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

May 24, 14, 1937
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Mr. Charles E. Graves 144 Loring Road Winthrop, Massachusetts
DAVID GRAVES S. 22278 BA-J/MSIF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies of the enlistment and discharge papers and papers in the application for pension of David Graves, S. 22278, whose record was furnished you March 10, 1937.
The enlistment papers and discharge papers of David Graves are not on file in this office. All papers in his application for pension were examined carefully at the time the report was prepared for you and the data found, incorporated in that report. Photostatic copies will be made for you, however, if the report of March 10 is insufficient. The old documents are very frail and brittle and extra handling is, of course, more or less injurious to them.
The cost of the copies is twenty-five cents a page and there are ten pages to be copied. Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Veterans Administration, Arlington Building, Washington, D. C., when the copies will be prepared and mailed to you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 17 th 1937
Mr. A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator
BA-5/ILL David Graves S. 22278
Dear Sir:-
I have received your letter of March 10 th , giving me very complete information of David Graves, regarding his service in the Revolutionary War and other details. As you probably know, it gave me information of great interest to me personally and will also be of interest to other descendants of his. For that reason I have had your letter made available to other descendants.
I best hesitate asking any further favors from you and your assistants after giving me

what you already have, but if it would be at all possible, I would like to get a photostat negative of any enlistment, discharge or pension application papers of David Graves. If this would be at all possible, if you will advise me of the cost I will be very glad to forward money order to you. A photostat record of these papers would be of great interest to me.
Very sincerely,
Charles E. Graves
144 Spring Road, Winthrop, Mass.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Graves a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 10 Oct 1776 2 1/2 mos. Pvt John Williams Van Rensselaer N.Y.   June 1, 1777 4 mos 18 d. " Elisha Gilbert Wm Whiting        
Battles engaged in, Was present at surrender of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rensselaer Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Feb 13, 1833. This is all. Residence at date of application, Brandenburg, Ky. Age at date of application, Oct 20, 1757 at Saratoga.
Remarks: No data as to family on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
July 25, 1918.
Martha A. Corning,
255 Cherry St.
Portland, Oregon.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 9 th instant, you are advised furnished the history of the only David Graves of the northern states, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau and advised that in order to identify the records of a soldier named Farrington, in addition to the full name of the soldier, some of the following data is essential: name of some officer under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of widow, if he left one.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Febr. 15 th 1937
Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of Records, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I am engaged in getting together information concerning a Revolutionary ancestor, David Graves . The records I have are meager, stating principally that David Graves enlisted at Bethlehem, N.Y. to serve for the duration of the Revolutionary War. Later he appeared on the pension roll at Rutland, Vermont, later moved to Salisbury, Vermont, and died at Vergennes, Vt. in 1837.
I would like to secure from your records any data you can give me, such as the company or regiment in which he enlisted, his commanding officer, the record of his service, date of his discharge, etc.
If there is any charge for this service, please let me know. I would appreciate greatly any information you can give me.
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Graves
144 Loring Road, Winthrop, Mass.

Portland Ore 7/9 1916 Rev. Sec ✓
To the Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C. lett
I am anxious to join the Daughters of the Revolution ✓ and would like information concerning my ancestors by the name of Graves and also Harring- ton, as my Great Grandfather
David Graves Born 1753 married Sarah Harrington Born 1755 I find several of both names served in the Revolutionary War. My Grand- father's name was Samuel B. Graves he was born in Bermont Nov 22-1774 and think my Great Grandfather was born in Bermont no place mentioned.
Any information will be greatly appreciated, Yours very respectfully Martha A. Corning. 255 Cherry St Portland, Ore. over

I sent Mrs David Gross claim because all the witnesses were Farringtons & she says her ancestors were Brannen and Farringtons. But no relationship is stated in the claim. I tried to see if I could find a Farrington claim where the man was old enough to have a dau. born in 1795 but could not prove anything so had to call on her for data as to Farringtons.
AW.

New York City April 21, 1921
Rev. A
117 WEST FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET
Can your department give me data of one David Grant, Revolutionary war soldier - and on the U. S. pension roll of Rutland, Vt. The pension was paid to his wife Sarah Farrington Grant, also U. S. pension

son of Richard H. after his death. If you have data of Sarah Farrington Goss, I would be glad of that also.
Very truly
Mrs. John G. Dater
W.H.

Filing Equipment Bureau [INCORPORATED] Manufacturers
27 Melcher Street, Boston
113
September 24, 1937
A. D. Hiller, Executive Asst. of the Administrator Veterans Administration Arlington Building Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
RE: David Graves S 22278 BA-J/MMHF:MLB
photostat copies
In accordance with your letter of May 24th, regarding the above, I am enclosing herewith money order for $2.50 to pay for photostatic copies of the enlistment and discharge papers of David Graves, of which, I understand, there are ten pages.
The report which you prepared for me some time ago I found was quite carefully made out and covered most of the information which was required at that time but since then there have been other inquiries regarding the above and I felt that the only way in which I could avoid continually asking you for further information was to get a photostatic copy. I realize that these papers are frail from age and I do hesitate to ask this, but I would appreciate it very much and if in the future other inquiries should be received regarding these papers, if the negatives are sent to me, I would be very glad to have positives printed up and sent to the inquirer at the exact cost of having them made.
I thank you very much for the courtesy you and your office force have shown me.
Very truly yours,
Charles E. Graves
Charles E. Graves 144 Loring Road Winthrop, Mass.
sent 9/25/37

Revolution
22278
INVALID.
File No. 22,278
David Francis
Rev. Pro. Me.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 110
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 July 23. Heist. to Martha afternoon, and and dated as to other records.
1921 May 19 Heist. to Mrs. Jno. G. Later - Ev.
1937 - March 10 - Heist. to Charles E. Francis
1937 Oct. 14 Heist. mailed to Charles E. Francis Heist. records, mailed same date - M.R.O.

To Morris F. Graves 10
Brandon
19

I, Ebenezer M. Farrington of Colchester in the county of Chittenden and state of Vermont of lawful age being duly sworn do hereby testify and say that I was acquainted with David Graves of Brandon in the county of Rutland about the time of the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne in the year 1777. that he then lived in the town of Lebanon in the state of New York, that I am knowing to the said Graves going into the Army under the command of one Capt. Gilbert, that the said Graves sustained a reputable character at the time above stated and further I say not. E. M. Farrington
State of Vermont
Chittenden county ss Colchester Nov. 5th. 1832
Then E. M. Farrington of Colchester in said county personally appearing and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before Joseph E. Phelps Justice Peace

We hereby certify that E. M. Farrington is considered to be a man of truth and veracity in both religion Calcutta March 11 th 1833 J. E. Rhodes
William B. Munson Justice Peace J. W. Peabody, Esq., Master
State of Vermont Chittenden County
I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County and do hereby certify that J. E. Rhodes Esq. before whom the within deposition is taken was on the 5 th day of November 1832 a Justice of the Peace duly qualified and that William B. Munson Esq. who has signed the above Certificate is now a Justice of the Peace duly qualified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 12 th day of March A.D. 1833
Nathan B. Haswell

Colchester June 25 th 1836
We the undersigned Edward Harrington and Ebenezer M Harrington of Colchester in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont, do testify and say - That we are acquainted with Dania Graves of Brandon in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont - formerly of the county of Columbia and State of New York - and know that he was in actual service at the time of taking Burgoyne, in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain - and that we consider him to be an honest man and a man of truth and veracity.
Edward Harrington
E Morris Harrington
State of Vermont } Colchester June 25 th 1836 Chittenden County ss
Then Edward Harrington and E Morris Harrington of Colchester in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont personally appearing and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned, made solemn oath, that the foregoing deposition by them subscribed contains the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Before me William Billings Justice of the Peace

Cohasset June 25 th 1836
This certifies that the within named Edward Farrington and E Morris Farrington are considered as credible witnesses and men of truth and veracity by me
William Bellows Justin Pease
State of Vermont Chittenden County
I Nathan B. Darnell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that William B. Munson Esqr before whom and at the time when the within certificate was given was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State and I
believe the foregoing to be his own proper signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of July A.D 1836
Nathan B. Darnell

I David Gravis of Brandon in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont once more testify and say, that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, that I have several times heretofore, made my declaration on oath- and since my pension was stop't. on account of the agency of Robert Temple of Rutland, I have forwarded my pension Certificate to the department agreeably to my instructions, with such evidences of my services in the War of the Revolution as I could then obtain. I further say that the declarations I have heretofore made, were made according to truth, so far as my recollection served me, and according to my last recollection at this time - I am now nearly eighty five years of age and quite full in health as well as in mind, - I once more ask of my country the just reward of services rendered in my youth - I here with transmit the testimony of Edward Harrington and E. Morris Harrington of Colchester Vermont which together with my former papers already deposited in the department, I hope may be satisfactory evidence of the justice of my claim -  David his mark Gravis  Witness B Davenport
State of Vermont Brandon July 20. 1836
Rutland County ss. Personally appeared David Gravis known to me to be the person who executed & signed the above affidavit & made solemn oath that it contained the whole truth & nothing but the truth.
D. Warren Justice of Peace
I also certify that he is considered a man of truth and veracity
D. Warren Jr. Justice Peace

I David Graves of Brandon in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont certify that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - I enlisted first in Sept. 1776 served in Capt John Williams Company in Col. Pownall's Regiment. I resided about ten miles East of Albany on the Patton in the State of New York when I enlisted - we marched to the Highlands and were stationed at the Fort called Fort Constitution where I served out my time of two months & half & returned home in December following - In the Winter after I moved to New Lebanon in the State of New York - and in the Spring of 1777 I enlisted again under Capt Elisha Gilbert in Col. William Whiting's Regiment; and served four & half months at Fort Edwards & at Still Water, and was present at the Surrender of Gen Burgoyne after which I returned home again - making seven months service in all. I made my former declaration before B. Linsley Esq. of Rutland, drew my last stipend last September which was $11.88. as my certificate allowed me only twenty three dollars sixty six cents for annum I resided in Brandon where I now live when I made my declaration before B. Linsley Esq. - I was eighty three years old last October & may have varied some in my statements, but I think not in any material part.
2366 11.88
I am Sir respectfully yours &c Hon. D. L. Edwards. David his Graves Brandon March 10 th 1835. Attest B. Linsley Esq. mark Morris Farnington's affidavit was sent with his former declaration

Out War Office -April 25, 1837.
Jesse Gove Rutland, Vermont.
Sir:
named in letter with Evans { In the case of Elias Munger-etc.
{ John McDonald should make statements etc.
It is very clear from the statements of David Graves who limits his claim to 2 terms of service in the Albany Co. militia of the State of New York and from the known length of those tours, that he could not have served as much as six months, and the Pension Agent in accordingly, instructed to drop his name from the list of pensioners under the Act of June 7, 1832.
In the case of Silas Pratt etc.
Very truly yours,
Copied March 10, 1937/ILL